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Revisiting Semistrong Edge-Coloring of Graphs

Combinatorics 2023-12-15 v1 Discrete Mathematics

Abstract

A matching MM in a graph GG is {\em semistrong} if every edge of MM has an endvertex of degree one in the subgraph induced by the vertices of MM. A {\em semistrong edge-coloring} of a graph GG is a proper edge-coloring in which every color class induces a semistrong matching. In this paper, we continue investigation of properties of semistrong edge-colorings initiated by Gy\'{a}rf\'{a}s and Hubenko ({Semistrong edge coloring of graphs}. \newblock {\em J. Graph Theory}, 49 (2005), 39--47). We establish tight upper bounds for general graphs and for graphs with maximum degree 33. We also present bounds about semistrong edge-coloring which follow from results regarding other, at first sight non-related, problems. We conclude the paper with several open problems.

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@article{arxiv.2208.13297,
  title  = {Revisiting Semistrong Edge-Coloring of Graphs},
  author = {Borut Lužar and Martina Mockovčiaková and Roman Soták},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2208.13297},
  year   = {2023}
}