Degree-truncated choosability of graphs
Abstract
A graph is called degree-truncated -choosable if for every list assignment with for each vertex , is -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 -choosable). We further prove that for an arbitrary proper minor closed family of graphs, let be the minimum integer such that for some , then there is a constant such that every -connected graph other than a GDP tree is degree-truncated DP--colourable (and hence degree-truncated -choosable), where a GDP-tree is a graph whose blocks are complete graphs or cycles. In particular, for any surface , there is a constant such that every 3-connected non-complete graph embeddable on is degree-truncated DP--colourable (and hence degree-truncated -choosable). The -connectedness for graphs in (and 3-connectedness for graphs embeddable on ) is necessary, as for any positive integer , ( is planar) is not degree-truncated -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