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Minimum non-chromatic-$\lambda$-choosable graphs

Combinatorics 2022-08-04 v1

Abstract

For a multi-set λ={k1,k2,,kq}\lambda=\{k_1,k_2, \ldots, k_q\} of positive integers, let kλ=i=1qkik_{\lambda} = \sum_{i=1}^q k_i. A λ\lambda-list assignment of GG is a list assignment LL of GG such that the colour set vV(G)L(v)\bigcup_{v \in V(G)}L(v) can be partitioned into the disjoint union C1C2CqC_1 \cup C_2 \cup \ldots \cup C_q of qq sets so that for each ii and each vertex vv of GG, L(v)Ciki|L(v) \cap C_i| \ge k_i. We say GG is λ\lambda-choosable if GG is LL-colourable for any λ\lambda-list assignment LL of GG. The concept of λ\lambda-choosability puts kk-colourability and kk-choosability in the same framework: If λ={k}\lambda = \{k\}, then λ\lambda-choosability is equivalent to kk-choosability; if λ\lambda consists of kk copies of 11, then λ\lambda-choosability is equivalent to kk -colourability. If GG is λ\lambda-choosable, then GG is kλk_{\lambda}-colourable. On the other hand, there are kλk_{\lambda}-colourable graphs that are not λ\lambda-choosable, provided that λ\lambda contains an integer larger than 11. Let ϕ(λ)\phi(\lambda) be the minimum number of vertices in a kλk_{\lambda}-colourable non-λ\lambda-choosable graph. This paper determines the value of ϕ(λ)\phi(\lambda) for all λ\lambda.

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@article{arxiv.2208.02050,
  title  = {Minimum non-chromatic-$\lambda$-choosable graphs},
  author = {Jialu Zhu and Xuding Zhu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2208.02050},
  year   = {2022}
}

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