Title
An Algebraic Criterion for the Choosability of Graphs
Abstract
Let $$G$$ G be a graph of order $$n$$ n and size $$m$$ m . Suppose that $$f:V(G)\rightarrow {\mathbb {N}}$$ f : V ( G ) N is a function such that $$\sum _{v\in V(G)}f(v)=m+n$$ v V ( G ) f ( v ) = m + n . In this paper we provide a criterion for $$f$$ f -choosability of $$G$$ G . Using this criterion, it is shown that the choice number of the complete $$k$$ k -partite graph $$K_{2,2,\ldots ,2}$$ K 2 , 2 , , 2 is $$k$$ k , which is a well-known result due to Erdös, Rubin and Taylor. Among other results we study the $$f$$ f -choosability of the complete $$k$$ k -partite graphs with part sizes at most $$2$$ 2 , when $$f(v)\in \{k-1,k\}$$ f ( v ) ¿ { k - 1 , k } , for every vertex $$v\in V(G)$$ v ¿ V ( G ) .
Year
DOI
Venue
2015
10.1007/s00373-014-1411-7
Graphs and Combinatorics
Keywords
Field
DocType
Choosability, List coloring, 05C15
Graph,Combinatorics,Algebraic number,Vertex (geometry),List coloring,Choice number,Mathematics
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
31
3
1435-5914
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
0
0.34
9
Authors
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Saieed Akbari114035.56
Dariush Kiani2265.86
Fatemeh Mohammadi311.56
Somayeh Moradi400.68
Farhad Rahmati532.43