Adjacent Strong Edge Chromatic Number of Series-Parallel Graphs

In this paper, we will study the adjacent strong edge coloring of series-parallel graphs, and prove that series-parallel graphs of △(G) = 3 and 4 satisfy the conjecture of adjacent strong edge coloring using the double inductions and the method of exchanging colors from the aspect of configuration property. For series-parallel graphs of △(G) ≥ 5, △(G) ≤ x'as(G) ≤ △(G) + 1. Moreover, x'as(G) = △(G) + 1 if and only if it has two adjacent vertices of maximum degree, where △(G) and X'as(G) denote the maximum degree and the adjacent strong edge chromatic number of graph G respectively.

An Upper Bound for the Adjacent Vertex Distinguishing Acyclic Edge Chromatic Number of a Graph

A proper k-edge coloring of a graph G is called adjacent vertex distinguishing acyclic edge coloring if there is no 2-colored cycle in G and the color set of edges incident to u is not equal to the color set of edges incident to v, where uv ∈E（G）. The adjacent vertex distinguishing acyclic edge chromatic number of G, denoted by χ＇αα（G）, is the minimal number of colors in an adjacent vertex distinguishing acyclic edge coloring of G. In this paper we prove that if G（V, E） is a graph with no isolated edges, then χ＇αα（G）≤32△.

EDGE-FACE CHROMATIC NUMBER OF 2-CONNECTED PLANE GRAPHS WITH HIGH MAXIMUM DEGREE

The edge-face chromatic number Xef （G） of a plane graph G is the least number of colors assigned to the edges and faces such that every adjacent or incident pair of them receives different colors. In this article, the authors prove that every 2-connected plane graph G with △（G）≥｜G｜ - 2≥9 has Xef（G） = △（G）.

Smarandachely Adjacent-vertex-distinguishing Proper Edge Coloring ofK4 V Kn

Let f be a proper edge coloring of G using k colors. For each x ∈ V（G）, the set of the colors appearing on the edges incident with x is denoted by Sf（x） or simply S（x） if no confusion arise. If S（u） = S（v） and S（v） S（u） for any two adjacent vertices u and v, then f is called a Smarandachely adjacent vertex distinguishing proper edge col- oring using k colors, or k-SA-edge coloring. The minimum number k for which G has a Smarandachely adjacent-vertex-distinguishing proper edge coloring using k colors is called the Smarandachely adjacent-vertex-distinguishing proper edge chromatic number, or SA- edge chromatic number for short, and denoted by Xsa（G）. In this paper, we have discussed the SA-edge chromatic number of K4 V Kn.

On the Adjacent Strong Edge Coloring of Halin Graphs

A proper k-edge coloring f of graph G(V, E) is said to be a k:-adjacent strong edge coloring of graph G(V,E) iff every uv∈E(G) satisfy f[u]≠f/[v], where f[u] = {f(uw)|uw ∈E(G)} then f is called k-adjacent strong edge coloring of G, is abbreviated k-ASEC: and x'as(G) = min{k|k-ASEC of G} is called the adjacent strong edge chromatic number. In this paper, we study the x'as(G) of Halin graphs with △A(G)≥5.

EDGE COVERING COLORING AND FRACTIONAL EDGE COVERING COLORING

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.