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Extremal results on $G$-free colorings of graphs

Combinatorics 2022-01-21 v1

Abstract

Let H=(V(H),E(H))H=(V(H),E(H)) be a graph. A kk-coloring of HH is a mapping π:V(H){1,2,,k}\pi : V(H) \longrightarrow \{1,2,\ldots, k\} so that each color class induces a K2K_2-free subgraph. For a graph GG of order at least 22, a GG-free kk-coloring of HH is a mapping π:V(H){1,2,,k}\pi : V(H) \longrightarrow \{1,2,\ldots,k\} so that the subgraph of HH induced by each color class of π\pi is GG-free, i.e. contains no copy of GG. The GG-free chromatic number of HH is the minimum number kk so that there is a GG-free kk-coloring of HH, denoted by χG(H)\chi_G(H). A graph HH is uniquely kk-GG-free colouring if χG(H)=k\chi_G(H)=k and every kk-GG-free colouring of HH produces the same color classes. A graph HH is minimal with respect to GG-free, or GG-free-minimal, if for every edges of E(H)E(H) we have χG(H{e})=χG(H)1\chi_G(H\setminus\{e\})= \chi_G(H)-1. In this paper we give some bounds and attribute about uniquely kk-GG-free colouring and kk-GG-free-minimal.

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@article{arxiv.2201.08048,
  title  = {Extremal results on $G$-free colorings of graphs},
  author = {Yaser Rowshan},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2201.08048},
  year   = {2022}
}