New chromatic numbers in open problems
New chromatic numbers in open problems
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开放问题中的新色数
DOI:
10.15330/ms.45.2.115-117
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发表时间:
2016
影响因子:
5.6
通讯作者:
I. Protasov
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作者:
I. Protasov
Let G be a finite connected graph (with the set of vertices V (G) and the set of edges E(G)) endowed with the path metric d (d(u, v) is the length of a shortest path between u and v). A path u0, u1, . . . , un is geodesic if d(u0, vn) = n. The diam(G) is the maximal distance between two vertices of G. For a graph G and a natural number r, we define r-pathE(G) :=maximal p such that, for every r-coloring of E(G), there is an edgemonochrome path of length p; r-pathV (G) :=maximal p such that, for every r-coloring of V (G), there is a vertexmonochrome path of length p; r-diamE(G) :=maximal p such that, for every r-coloring of E(G), there is an edgemonochrome geodesic path of length p; r-diamV (G) :=maximal p such that, for every r-coloring of V (G), there is a vertexmonochrome geodesic path of length p. Replacing colorings of E(G) with orientations, we get −−→ path(G) :=maximal p such that, for any orientation of E(G), there is a directed path of length p; −−−→ diam(G) :=maximal p such that, for any orientation of E(G), there is a directed geodesic path of length p. We recall that the chromatic number χ(G) is the minimal r such that there is an r-coloring of V (G) with no monochrome incident vertices. If r ≥ χ(G) then r-pathV (G) = 0. Each r-coloring of V (G) define the natural r(r+1) 2 -coloring of E(G): each edge is colored in colors of its ends. If r(r+1) 2 ≥ χ(G) then r(r+1) 2 -pathE(G) = 1. It seems, there are no direct correlation between pathV (G) and pathE(G). For a graph G, the line graph LG is a graph with the set of vertices E(G) in which two vertices are incident if and only if corresponding edges are incident in G. Clearly, r-pathV (LG) ≥ r-pathE(G).