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$k$-intersection edge-coloring subcubic planar multigraphs

Combinatorics 2015-06-11 v1

Abstract

Given an edge-coloring of a simple graph, assign to every vertex vv a set SvS_v comprised of the colors used on the edges incident to vv. The kk-intersection chromatic index of a graph is the minimum tt such that the edge set can be properly tt-colored, additionally requiring that for every two adjacent vertices uu and vv, SuSvk|S_u \cap S_v| \le k. For all k2k \neq 2, this value is known for subcubic planar graphs, and furthermore, these values are best possible. We naturally extend this definition to multigraphs with bounded edge multiplicity, and we show that every subcubic planar multigraph with edge multiplicity at most two has 2-intersection chromatic index at most 5, which is sharp.

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@article{arxiv.1506.03151,
  title  = {$k$-intersection edge-coloring subcubic planar multigraphs},
  author = {M. Santana},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1506.03151},
  year   = {2015}
}
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