Title
Forbidden Subgraphs and 3-Colorings.
Abstract
A graph G is said to satisfy the Vizing bound if chi(G) <= omega(G) + 1, where chi(G) and omega(G) denote the chromatic number and clique number of G, respectively. The class of graphs satisfying the Vizing bound is clearly chi-bounded in the sense of Gyarfas. It has been conjectured that if G is triangle-free and fork-free, where the fork is obtained from K-1,K-4 by subdividing two edges, then G satisfies the Vizing bound. We show that this is true if, in addition, G is C-5-free.
Year
DOI
Venue
2014
10.1137/120895834
SIAM JOURNAL ON DISCRETE MATHEMATICS
Keywords
Field
DocType
colorings,chi-bounded,Vizing bound
Discrete mathematics,Graph,Combinatorics,Clique number,Chromatic scale,Omega,Mathematics
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
28
3
0895-4801
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
1
0.36
0
Authors
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Genghua Fan141265.22
Baogang Xu238937.90
Tianjun Ye310.36
Xingxing Yu457768.19