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Non-degenerate colorings in the Brook's Theorem

Combinatorics 2012-06-20 v1 Discrete Mathematics

Abstract

Let c2c\geq 2 and pcp\geq c be two integers. We will call a proper coloring of the graph GG a \textit{(c,p)(c,p)-nondegenerate}, if for any vertex of GG with degree at least pp there are at least cc vertices of different colors adjacent to it. In our work we prove the following result, which generalizes Brook's Theorem. Let D3D\geq 3 and GG be a graph without cliques on D+1D+1 vertices and the degree of any vertex in this graph is not greater than DD. Then for every integer c2c\geq 2 there is a proper (c,p)(c,p)-nondegenerate vertex DD-coloring of GG, where p=(c3+8c2+19c+6)(c+1).p=(c^3+8c^2+19c+6)(c+1). During the primary proof, some interesting corollaries are derived.

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@article{arxiv.0812.0372,
  title  = {Non-degenerate colorings in the Brook's Theorem},
  author = {Nikolay Gravin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0812.0372},
  year   = {2012}
}

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18 pages, 10 figures

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