English

Clustered colouring of graph classes with bounded treedepth or pathwidth

Combinatorics 2022-01-24 v2

Abstract

The "clustered chromatic number" of a class of graphs is the minimum integer kk such that for some integer cc every graph in the class is kk-colourable with monochromatic components of size at most cc. We determine the clustered chromatic number of any minor-closed class with bounded treedepth, and prove a best possible upper bound on the clustered chromatic number of any minor-closed class with bounded pathwidth. As a consequence, we determine the fractional clustered chromatic number of every minor-closed class.

Keywords

Cite

@article{arxiv.2012.05554,
  title  = {Clustered colouring of graph classes with bounded treedepth or pathwidth},
  author = {Sergey Norin and Alex Scott and David R. Wood},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2012.05554},
  year   = {2022}
}
R2 v1 2026-06-23T20:52:03.355Z