Coloring intersection graphs of x-monotone curves in the plane

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Coloring intersection graphs of \(x\)-monotone curves in the plane



Abstract: A class of graphs G is chi-bounded if the chromatic number of the graphs in G is bounded by some function of their clique number. We show that the class of intersection graphs of simple x-monotone curves in the plane intersecting a vertical line is chi-bounded. As a corollary we show that the class of intersection graphs of rays in the plane is chi-bounded, and the class of intersection graphs of unit segments in the plane is chi-bounded


Classes of graphs, in which the chromatic number is bounded by a function of the clique number have been investigated for long, as a relaxation of perfect graphs. They are called \(\chi\)-bounded classes. A family of curves is called simple, if every pair of them intersects at most once, and if two curves have a point in common, then they cross each other at that point. The paper shows that the class of intersection graphs of simple families of \(x\)-monotone curves in the plane, such that each crosses a fixed vertical line, is \(\chi\)-bounded. The vertical line condition cannot be dropped, while the necessity of simple curves is unclear.




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