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The Additive Coloring Problem is a variation of the Coloring Problem where labels of $\{1,\ldots,k\}$ are assigned to the vertices of a graph $G$ so that the sum of labels over the neighborhood of each vertex is a proper coloring of $G$.…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2020-02-28 Daniel Severin

The packing chromatic number $\chi_{\rho}(G)$ of a graph $G$ is the smallest integer $p$ such that vertices of $G$ can be partitioned into disjoint classes $X_{1}, ..., X_{p}$ where vertices in $X_{i}$ have pairwise distance greater than…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2013-02-05 Jan Ekstein , Přemysl Holub , Olivier Togni

DP-coloring, also known as correspondence coloring, is introduced by Dvo{\v{r}}{\'{a}}k and Postle. It is a generalization of list coloring. In this paper, we show that every connected toroidal graph without triangles adjacent to $5$-cycles…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2019-08-15 Tao Wang

In this work, we introduce DPG-coloring using the concepts of DP-coloring and variable degeneracy to modify the proofs on the following papers: (i) DP-3-coloring of planar graphs without $4$, $9$-cycles and cycles of two lengths from $\{6,…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2019-08-12 Keaitsuda Maneeruk Nakprasit , Kittikorn Nakprasit

We define $Z$-signable correspondence assignments on multigraphs, which generalize good correspondence assignments as introduced by Kaul and Mudrock. We introduce an auxiliary digraph that allows us to prove an Alon-Tarsi style theorem for…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-12-19 Ian Gossett

A proper $k$-coloring of vertices of an $n$-vertex graph is equitable if the size of every color class is $\lfloor n/k\rfloor$ or $\lceil n/k\rceil$. An extension of it to list coloring requires only that the size of every color class is at…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-05-19 H. A. Kierstead , Alexandr Kostochka , Zimu Xiang

Given a graph $G$, a mutual-visibility coloring of $G$ is introduced as follows. We color two vertices $x,y\in V(G)$ with a same color, if there is a shortest $x,y$-path whose internal vertices have different colors than $x,y$. The smallest…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-08-07 Sandi Klavžar , Dorota Kuziak , Juan Carlos Valenzuela Tripodoro , Ismael G. Yero

Motivated by the definition of linear coloring on simplicial complexes, recently introduced in the context of algebraic topology \cite{Civan}, and the framework through which it was studied, we introduce the linear coloring on graphs. We…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2008-07-29 Kyriaki Ioannidou , Stavros D. Nikolopoulos

Coloring a graph $G$ consists in finding an assignment of colors $c: V(G)\to\{1,\ldots,p\}$ such that any pair of adjacent vertices receives different colors. The minimum integer $p$ such that a coloring exists is called the chromatic…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2019-12-25 Théo Pierron

A total $k$-coloring of a graph $G$ is a coloring of $V(G)\cup E(G)$ using $k$ colors such that no two adjacent or incident elements receive the same color. The total chromatic number $\chi"(G)$ of $G$ is the smallest integer $k$ such that…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-12-28 Fan Yang , Jianliang Wu

Chromatic choosability is a notion of fundamental importance in list coloring. A graph $G$ is chromatic-choosable when its chromatic number, $\chi(G)$, is equal to its list chromatic number $\chi_{\ell}(G)$. In 1990, Kostochka and Sidorenko…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-05-12 Yanghong Chi , Seoju Lee , Fennec Morrissette , Jeffrey A. Mudrock , Gavin Nguyen , Benjamin Whatley

A conflict-free k-coloring of a graph assigns one of k different colors to some of the vertices such that, for every vertex v, there is a color that is assigned to exactly one vertex among v and v's neighbors. Such colorings have…

The distinguishing chromatic number of a graph $G$, denoted $\chi_D(G)$, is the minimum number of colours in a proper vertex colouring of $G$ that is preserved by the identity automorphism only. Collins and Trenk proved that $\chi_D(G)\le…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-05-26 Christoph Brause , Rafał Kalinowski , Monika Pilśniak , Ingo Schiemeyer

We first give an alternative proof of the Alon-Tarsi list coloring theorem. We use the ideas from this proof to obtain the following result, which is an additive coloring analog of the Alon-Tarsi Theorem: Let $G$ be a graph and let $D$ be…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-07-15 Ian Gossett

Alon proved that for any graph $G$, $\chi_\ell(G) = \Omega(\ln d)$, where $\chi_\ell(G)$ is the list chromatic number of $G$ and $d$ is the average degree of $G$. Dvo\v{r}\'{a}k and Postle recently introduced a generalization of list…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2017-05-08 Anton Bernshteyn

We initiate the study of applying the Combinatorial Nullstellensatz to the DP-coloring of graphs even though, as is well-known, the Alon-Tarsi theorem does not apply to DP-coloring. We define the notion of good covers of prime order which…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2020-08-07 Hemanshu Kaul , Jeffrey A. Mudrock

Let $k \ge 1$ be an integer and let $G$ be a nonempty simple graph. An \emph{edge-$k$-coloring} $\varphi$ of $G$ is an assignment of colors from $\{1,\ldots,k\}$ to the edges of $G$ such that no two adjacent edges receive the same color.…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-12-12 Yuping Gao , Songling Shan , Guanghui Wang , Yiming Zhou

A class domination coloring (also called cd-Coloring or dominated coloring) of a graph is a proper coloring in which every color class is contained in the neighbourhood of some vertex. The minimum number of colors required for any…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2022-03-18 R. Krithika , Ashutosh Rai , Saket Saurabh , Prafullkumar Tale

\qquad A \emph{coloring} of a digraph $D=(V,E)$ is a coloring of its vertices following the rule: Let $uv$ be an arc in $D$. If the tail $u$ is colored first, then the head $v$ should receive a color different from that of $u$. The…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2013-04-02 E. Sampathkumar

DP-coloring was introduced by Dvo\v{r}\'{a}k and Postle and is a generalization of proper coloring. For any graph $G$, let $\chi(G)$ and $\chi_{DP}(G)$ denote the chromatic number and the DP-chromatic number of $G$ respectively. In this…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-07-20 Meiqiao Zhang , Fengming Dong