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Edge coloring of products of signed graphs

Combinatorics 2024-06-17 v3 Discrete Mathematics Data Structures and Algorithms

Abstract

In 2020, Behr defined the problem of edge coloring of signed graphs and showed that every signed graph (G,σ)(G, \sigma) can be colored using exactly Δ(G)\Delta(G) or Δ(G)+1\Delta(G) + 1 colors, where Δ(G)\Delta(G) is the maximum degree in graph GG. In this paper, we focus on products of signed graphs. We recall the definitions of the Cartesian, tensor, strong, and corona products of signed graphs and prove results for them. In particular, we show that (1)(1) the Cartesian product of Δ\Delta-edge-colorable signed graphs is Δ\Delta-edge-colorable, (2)(2) the tensor product of a Δ\Delta-edge-colorable signed graph and a signed tree requires only Δ\Delta colors and (3)(3) the corona product of almost any two signed graphs is Δ\Delta-edge-colorable. We also prove some results related to the coloring of products of signed paths and cycles.

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@article{arxiv.2312.02691,
  title  = {Edge coloring of products of signed graphs},
  author = {Robert Janczewski and Krzysztof Turowski and Bartłomiej Wróblewski},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2312.02691},
  year   = {2024}
}