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Proper Additive Edge Colorings of Regular Graphs

Combinatorics 2026-05-28 v1

Abstract

We show that if GG is a dd-regular Vizing-class-1 graph, then the proper additive chromatic index of GG, denoted ηp(G)\eta'_p(G), is equal to its chromatic index. This verifies that a strengthening of the Additive Coloring Conjecture of Czerwi\'{n}ski et al. holds for line graphs of dd-regular Vizing-class-1 graphs. We show that if GG is a dd-regular Vizing-class-2 graph, ηp(G)(2log2(d+1))2+23\eta'_{p}(G)\leq \frac{(2^{\lceil \log_2 (d+1)\rceil})^2+2}{3}, and if GG is a dd-regular Vizing-class-2 graph that admits a proper edge-coloring with a smallest color class of size rr and girth(G)6r5\text{girth}(G)\geq 6r-5, then ηp(G)2d\eta_p'(G)\leq 2d, among other results.

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@article{arxiv.2605.27624,
  title  = {Proper Additive Edge Colorings of Regular Graphs},
  author = {Ian Gossett},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2605.27624},
  year   = {2026}
}