On (3, 1)^-choosability of planar graphs without adjacent short cycles

DOI10.1016/J.DAM.2013.09.009zbMATH Open1300.05073arXiv1302.2599OpenAlexW2068363505MaRDI QIDQ741735FDOQ741735

Authors: Min Chen, André Raspaud 

Publication date: 12 September 2014

Published in: Discrete Applied Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: A list assignment of a graph $G$ is a function $L$ that assigns a list $L(v)$ of colors to each vertex $vinV(G)$. An $(L,d{)}^{\ast }$-coloring is a mapping $pi$ that assigns a color $pi(v)inL(v)$ to each vertex $vinV(G)$ so that at most $d$ neighbors of $v$ receive color $pi(v)$. A graph $G$ is said to be $(k,d{)}^{*}$-choosable if it admits an $(L,d{)}^{\ast }$-coloring for every list assignment $L$ with $|L(v)|gek$ for all $vinV(G)$. In 2001, Lih et al. cite{LSWZ-01} proved that planar graphs without 4- and $l$-cycles are $(3,1{)}^{\ast }$-choosable, where $lin5,6,7$. Later, Dong and Xu cite{DX-09} proved that planar graphs without 4- and l-cycles are $(3,1{)}^{\ast }$-choosable, where $lin8,9$. There exist planar graphs containing 4-cycles that are not $(3,1{)}^{\ast }$-choosable (Crown, Crown and Woodall, 1986 cite{CCW-86}). This partly explains the fact that in all above known sufficient conditions for the $(3,1{)}^{\ast }$-choosability of planar graphs the 4-cycles are completely forbidden. In this paper we allow 4-cycles nonadjacent to relatively short cycles. More precisely, we prove that every planar graph without 4-cycles adjacent to 3- and 4-cycles is $(3,1{)}^{\ast }$-choosable. This is a common strengthening of all above mentioned results. Moreover as a consequence we give a partial answer to a question of Xu and Zhang cite{XZ-07} and show that every planar graph without 4-cycles is $(3,1{)}^{\ast }$-choosable.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1302.2599

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zbMATH Keywords

cycleplanar graphsimproper choosability

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Graph algorithms (graph-theoretic aspects) (05C85) Planar graphs; geometric and topological aspects of graph theory (05C10) Coloring of graphs and hypergraphs (05C15) Paths and cycles (05C38)

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