English

$2$-distance, injective, and exact square list-coloring of planar graphs with maximum degree 4

Combinatorics 2023-03-20 v1

Abstract

In the past various distance based colorings on planar graphs were introduced. We turn our focus to three of them, namely 22-distance coloring, injective coloring, and exact square coloring. A 22-distance coloring is a proper coloring of the vertices in which no two vertices at distance 22 receive the same color, an injective coloring is a coloring of the vertices in which no two vertices with a common neighbor receive the same color, and an exact square coloring is a coloring of the vertices in which no two vertices at distance exactly 22 receive the same color. We prove that planar graphs with maximum degree Δ=4\Delta = 4 and girth at least 44 are 22-distance list (Δ+7)(\Delta + 7)-colorable and injectively list (Δ+5)(\Delta + 5)-colorable. Additionally, we prove that planar graphs with Δ=4\Delta = 4 are injectively list (Δ+7)(\Delta + 7)-colorable and exact square list (Δ+6)(\Delta + 6)-colorable.

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@article{arxiv.2205.07968,
  title  = {$2$-distance, injective, and exact square list-coloring of planar graphs with maximum degree 4},
  author = {Hoang La and Kenny Štorgel},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2205.07968},
  year   = {2023}
}