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$(\delta, \chi_{_{\sf FF}})$-bounded families of graphs

Combinatorics 2016-05-16 v1

Abstract

For any graph GG, the First-Fit (or Grundy) chromatic number of GG, denoted by χFF(G)\chi_{_{\sf FF}}(G), is defined as the maximum number of colors used by the First-Fit (greedy) coloring of the vertices of GG. We call a family F\mathcal{F} of graphs (δ,χFF)(\delta, \chi_{_{\sf FF}})-bounded if there exists a function f(x)f(x) with f(x)f(x)\rightarrow \infty as xx\rightarrow \infty such that for any graph GG from the family one has χFF(G)f(δ(G))\chi_{_{\sf FF}}(G)\geq f(\delta(G)), where δ(G)\delta(G) is the minimum degree of GG. We first give some results concerning (δ,χFF)(\delta, \chi_{_{\sf FF}})-bounded families and obtain a few such families. Then we prove that for any positive integer \ell, Forb(K,)Forb(K_{\ell,\ell}) is (δ,χFF)(\delta, \chi_{_{\sf FF}})-bounded, where K,K_{\ell,\ell} is complete bipartite graph. We conjecture that if GG is any C4C_4-free graph then χFF(G)δ(G)+1\chi_{_{\sf FF}}(G)\geq \delta(G)+1. We prove the validity of this conjecture for chordal graphs, complement of bipartite graphs and graphs with low minimum degree.

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@article{arxiv.1605.04267,
  title  = {$(\delta, \chi_{_{\sf FF}})$-bounded families of graphs},
  author = {Manouchehr Zaker},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1605.04267},
  year   = {2016}
}

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Accepted for publication in Utilitas Mathematica