Abstract. Let G be a graph with edge set E(G). S E(G) is called an edge cover of G ifevery vertex of G is an end vertex of some edges in S. The edge covering chromatic numberof a graph G, denoted by Xc(G) is the maxim...Abstract. Let G be a graph with edge set E(G). S E(G) is called an edge cover of G ifevery vertex of G is an end vertex of some edges in S. The edge covering chromatic numberof a graph G, denoted by Xc(G) is the maximum size of a partition of E(G) into edgecovers of G. It is known that for any graph G with minimum degree δ,δ- 1 The fractional edge covering chromatic number of a graph G, denoted by Xcf(G), is thefractional matching number of the edge covering hypergraph H of G whose vertices arethe edges of G and whose hyperedges the edge covers of G. In this paper, we studythe relation between X’c(G) and δ for any graph G, and give a new simple proof of theinequalities δ - 1 ≤ X’c(G) ≤ δ by the technique of graph coloring. For any graph G, wegive an exact formula of X’cf(G), that is,where A(G)=minand the minimum is taken over all noempty subsets S of V(G) and C[S] is the set of edgesthat have at least one end in S.展开更多
基金the National Natural Science Foundation the Doctoral Foundation of the Education Committee of China.
文摘Abstract. Let G be a graph with edge set E(G). S E(G) is called an edge cover of G ifevery vertex of G is an end vertex of some edges in S. The edge covering chromatic numberof a graph G, denoted by Xc(G) is the maximum size of a partition of E(G) into edgecovers of G. It is known that for any graph G with minimum degree δ,δ- 1 The fractional edge covering chromatic number of a graph G, denoted by Xcf(G), is thefractional matching number of the edge covering hypergraph H of G whose vertices arethe edges of G and whose hyperedges the edge covers of G. In this paper, we studythe relation between X’c(G) and δ for any graph G, and give a new simple proof of theinequalities δ - 1 ≤ X’c(G) ≤ δ by the technique of graph coloring. For any graph G, wegive an exact formula of X’cf(G), that is,where A(G)=minand the minimum is taken over all noempty subsets S of V(G) and C[S] is the set of edgesthat have at least one end in S.
