The star dichromatic number (Q2062686)

Motivated by the notion of star chromatic number [\textit{A. Vince}, J. Graph Theory 12, No. 4, 551--559 (1988; Zbl 0658.05028)] and the notion of circular chromatic number of a digraph [\textit{D. Bokal} et al., ibid. 46, No. 3, 227--240 (2004; Zbl 1041.05026)], the authors extend these invariant to the so-called star dichromatic number. In their paper, some basic properties of the star dichromatic number are presented, its relation to other fractional chromatic invariants of digraphs are investigated, and the values of the invariant for planar graphs are discussed.