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Nordhaus-Gaddum problem in term of $G$-free coloring

Combinatorics 2022-01-13 v1

Abstract

Let H=(V(H),E(H))H=(V(H),E(H)) be a graph. A kk-coloring of HH is a mapping π:V(H){1,2,,k}\pi : V(H) \longrightarrow \{1,2,\ldots, k\}, if each color class induces a K2K_2-free subgraph. For a graph GG of order at least 22, a GG-free kk-coloring of HH, is a mapping π:V(H){1,2,,k}\pi : V(H) \longrightarrow \{1,2,\ldots,k\}, so that the induced subgraph by each color class of π\pi, contains no copy of GG. The GG-free chromatic number of HH, is the minimum number kk, so that it has a GG-free kk-coloring, and denoted by χG(H)\chi_G(H). In this paper, we give some bounds and attributes on the GG-free chromatic number of graphs, in terms of the number of vertices, maximum degree, minimum degree, and chromatic number. Our main results are the Nordhaus-Gaddum-type theorem for the \G\G-free chromatic number of a graph.

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@article{arxiv.2201.04330,
  title  = {Nordhaus-Gaddum problem in term of $G$-free coloring},
  author = {Yaser Rowshan},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2201.04330},
  year   = {2022}
}