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Further Results and Questions on $S$-Packing Coloring of Subcubic Graphs

Combinatorics 2024-07-11 v1 Discrete Mathematics

Abstract

For non-decreasing sequence of integers S=(a1,a2,,ak)S=(a_1,a_2, \dots, a_k), an SS-packing coloring of GG is a partition of V(G)V(G) into kk subsets V1,V2,,VkV_1,V_2,\dots,V_k such that the distance between any two distinct vertices x,yVix,y \in V_i is at least ai+1a_{i}+1, 1ik1\leq i\leq k. We consider the SS-packing coloring problem on subclasses of subcubic graphs: For 0i30\le i\le 3, a subcubic graph GG is said to be ii-saturated if every vertex of degree 3 is adjacent to at most ii vertices of degree 3. Furthermore, a vertex of degree 3 in a subcubic graph is called heavy if all its three neighbors are of degree 3, and GG is said to be (3,i)(3,i)-saturated if every heavy vertex is adjacent to at most ii heavy vertices. We prove that every 1-saturated subcubic graph is (1,1,3,3)(1,1,3,3)-packing colorable and (1,2,2,2,2)(1,2,2,2,2)-packing colorable. We also prove that every (3,0)(3,0)-saturated subcubic graph is (1,2,2,2,2,2)(1,2,2,2,2,2)-packing colorable.

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@article{arxiv.2407.07424,
  title  = {Further Results and Questions on $S$-Packing Coloring of Subcubic Graphs},
  author = {Maidoun Mortada and Olivier Togni},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2407.07424},
  year   = {2024}
}

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14 pages