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Degree-truncated choosability of graphs

Combinatorics 2025-07-15 v1

Abstract

A graph GG is called degree-truncated kk-choosable if for every list assignment LL with L(v)min{dG(v),k}|L(v)| \ge \min\{d_G(v), k\} for each vertex vv, GG is LL-colourable. Richter asked whether every 3-connected non-complete planar graph is degree-truncated 6-choosable. We answer this question in negative by constructing a 3-connected non-complete planar graph which is not degree-truncated 7-choosable. Then we prove that every 3-connected non-complete planar graph is degree-truncated 16-DP-colourable (and hence degree-truncated 1616-choosable). We further prove that for an arbitrary proper minor closed family G{\mathcal G} of graphs, let ss be the minimum integer such that Ks,tGK_{s,t} \notin \mathcal{G} for some tt, then there is a constant kk such that every ss-connected graph GGG \in {\mathcal G} other than a GDP tree is degree-truncated DP-kk-colourable (and hence degree-truncated kk-choosable), where a GDP-tree is a graph whose blocks are complete graphs or cycles. In particular, for any surface Σ\Sigma, there is a constant kk such that every 3-connected non-complete graph embeddable on Σ\Sigma is degree-truncated DP-kk-colourable (and hence degree-truncated kk-choosable). The ss-connectedness for graphs in G\mathcal{G} (and 3-connectedness for graphs embeddable on Σ\Sigma) is necessary, as for any positive integer kk, Ks1,ks1GK_{s-1,k^{s-1}} \in \mathcal{G} (K2,k2K_{2,k^2} is planar) is not degree-truncated kk-choosable. Also, non-completeness is a necessary condition, as complete graphs are not degree-choosable.

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@article{arxiv.2507.10453,
  title  = {Degree-truncated choosability of graphs},
  author = {Huan Zhou and Jialu Zhu and Xuding Zhu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2507.10453},
  year   = {2025}
}

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12pages,1 figure

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