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Multiple list colouring of $3$-choice critical graphs

Combinatorics 2020-06-30 v1

Abstract

A graph GG is called 33-choice critical if GG is not 22-choosable but any proper subgraph is 22-choosable. A characterization of 33-choice critical graphs was given by Voigt in [On list Colourings and Choosability of Graphs, Habilitationsschrift, Tu Ilmenau(1998)]. Voigt conjectured that if GG is a bipartite 33-choice critical graph, then GG is (4m,2m)(4m, 2m)-choosable for every integer mm. This conjecture was disproved by Meng, Puleo and Zhu in [On (4, 2)-Choosable Graphs, Journal of Graph Theory 85(2):412-428(2017)]. They showed that if G=Θr,s,tG=\Theta_{r,s,t} where r,s,tr,s,t have the same parity and min{r,s,t}3\min\{r,s,t\} \ge 3, or G=Θ2,2,2,2pG=\Theta_{2,2,2,2p} with p2p \ge 2, then GG is bipartite 33-choice critical, but not (4,2)(4,2)-choosable. On the other hand, all the other bipartite 3-choice critical graphs are (4,2)(4,2)-choosable. This paper strengthens the result of Meng, Puleo and Zhu and shows that all the other bipartite 33-choice critical graphs are (4m,2m)(4m,2m)-choosable for every integer mm.

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@article{arxiv.2006.15614,
  title  = {Multiple list colouring of $3$-choice critical graphs},
  author = {Rongxing Xu and Xuding Zhu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2006.15614},
  year   = {2020}
}

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18 pages, 2 figures