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List strong edge coloring of some classes of graphs

Combinatorics 2017-04-17 v3

Abstract

A {\em strong edge coloring} of a graph is a proper edge coloring in which every color class is an induced matching. The {\em strong chromatic index} of a graph is the minimum number of colors needed to obtain a strong edge coloring. In an analogous way, we can define the list version of strong edge coloring and list version of strong chromatic index. In this paper, we prove that if GG is a graph with maximum degree at most four and maximum average degree less than 33, then the list strong chromatic index is at most 3Δ+13\Delta + 1, where Δ\Delta is the maximum degree of GG. In addition, we prove that if GG is a planar graph with maximum degree at least 44 and girth at least 77, then the list strong chromatic index is at most 3Δ3\Delta.

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@article{arxiv.1402.5677,
  title  = {List strong edge coloring of some classes of graphs},
  author = {Watcharintorn Ruksasakchai and Tao Wang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1402.5677},
  year   = {2017}
}

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7 pages; published version