The independence coloring game on graphs

DOI10.2989/16073606.2021.1947919zbMATH Open1504.05189arXiv2103.13656OpenAlexW3184687530MaRDI QIDQ5048907FDOQ5048907

Authors: Boštjan Brešar, Daša Štesl 

Publication date: 16 November 2022

Published in: Quaestiones Mathematicae (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We propose a new coloring game on a graph, called the independence coloring game, which is played by two players with opposite goals. The result of the game is a proper coloring of vertices of a graph $G$, and Alice's goal is that as few colors as possible are used during the game, while Bob wants to maximize the number of colors. The game consists of rounds, and in round $i$, where $i=1,2,,ldots$, the players are taking turns in selecting a previously unselected vertex of $G$ and giving it color $i$ (hence, in each round the selected vertices form an independent set). The game ends when all vertices of $G$ are selected (and thus colored), and the total number of rounds during the game when both players are playing optimally with respect to their goals, is called the independence game chromatic number, $ch{i}_{ig}(G)$, of $G$. In fact, four different versions of the independence game chromatic number are considered, which depend on who starts a game and who starts next rounds. We prove that the new invariants lie between the chromatic number of a graph and the maximum degree plus $1$, and characterize the graphs in which each of the four versions of the game invariant equals $2$. We compare the versions of the independence game chromatic number among themselves and with the classical game chromatic number. In addition, we prove that the independence game chromatic number of a tree can be arbitrarily large.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2103.13656

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zbMATH Keywords

treegraph coloringgame chromatic numbercoloring gamecompetition-independence game

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Trees (05C05) Coloring of graphs and hypergraphs (05C15) Games on graphs (graph-theoretic aspects) (05C57) Games involving graphs (91A43)

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