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List packing is a notion that was introduced in 2021 (by Cambie et al.). The list packing number of a graph $G$, denoted $\chi_{\ell}^*(G)$, is the least $k$ such that for any list assignment $L$ that assigns $k$ colors to each vertex of…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-09-19 Jeffrey A. Mudrock

In this work, we continue the study of vertex colorings of graphs, in which adjacent vertices are allowed to be of the same color as long as each monochromatic connected component is of relatively small cardinality. We focus on colorings…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2019-12-03 Michael A. Bekos , Carla Binucci , Michael Kaufmann , Chrysanthi Raftopoulou , Antonios Symvonis , Alessandra Tappini

A matching in a graph is uniquely restricted if no other matching covers exactly the same set of vertices. This notion was defined by Golumbic, Hirst, and Lewenstein and studied in a number of articles. Our contribution is twofold. We…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2016-11-22 Julien Baste , Dieter Rautenbach , Ignasi Sau

Karonski, Luczak, and Thomason (2004) conjectured that, for any connected graph G on at least three vertices, there exists an edge weighting from {1,2,3} such that adjacent vertices receive different sums of incident edge weights.…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2012-11-22 Ben Seamone , Brett Stevens

This paper proves limit theorems for the number of monochromatic edges in uniform random colorings of general random graphs. These can be seen as generalizations of the birthday problem (what is the chance that there are two friends with…

Probability · Mathematics 2018-02-13 Bhaswar B. Bhattacharya , Persi Diaconis , Sumit Mukherjee

The online list coloring is a widely studied topic in graph theory. A graph $G$ is 2-paintable if we always have a strategy to complete a coloring in an online list coloring of $G$ in which each vertex has a color list of size 2. In this…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2015-03-24 Keaitsuda Nakprasit , Kittikorn Nakprasit

$(1^a, 2^b)$-coloring is the problem of partitioning the vertex set of a graph into $a$ independent sets and $b$ 2-independent sets. This problem was recently introduced by Choi and Liu. We study the computational complexity and extremal…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-02-16 Thomas Delépine

List coloring generalizes graph coloring by requiring the color of a vertex to be selected from a list of colors specific to that vertex. One refinement of list coloring, called choosability with separation, requires that the intersection…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2015-12-25 Mohit Kumbhat , Kevin Moss , Derrick Stolee

An equitable coloring of a graph $G$ is a proper vertex coloring of $G$ such that the sizes of any two color classes differ by at most one. In the paper, we pose a conjecture that offers a gap-one bound for the smallest number of colors…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2020-04-30 Janusz Dybizbański , Hanna Furmańczyk , Vahan Mkrtchyan

We prove that there exist perfect graphs of arbitrarily large clique-chromatic number. These graphs can be obtained from cobipartite graphs by repeatedly gluing along cliques. This negatively answers a question raised by Duffus, Sands,…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-10-24 Pierre Charbit , Irena Penev , Stéphan Thomassé , Nicolas Trotignon

We describe several graphs with arbitrarily large rankwidth (or equivalently with arbitrarily large cliquewidth). Korpelainen, Lozin, and Mayhill [Split permutation graphs, Graphs and Combinatorics, 30(3):633-646, 2014] proved that there…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2023-10-23 Chính Hoàng , Nicolas Trotignon

Gy\'arf\'as famously showed that in every $r$-coloring of the edges of the complete graph $K_n$, there is a monochromatic connected component with at least $\frac{n}{r-1}$ vertices. A recent line of study by Conlon, Tyomkyn, and the second…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-12-27 Lyuben Lichev , Sammy Luo

We consider the problem of existence of perfect $2$-colorings (equitable $2$-partitions) of Hamming graphs with given parameters. We start with conditions on parameters of graphs and colorings that are necessary for their existence. Next we…

We consider $m$-colorings of the edges of a complete graph, where each color class is defined semi-algebraically with bounded complexity. The case $m = 2$ was first studied by Alon et al., who applied this framework to obtain surprisingly…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2018-12-07 Jacob Fox , Janos Pach , Andrew Suk

Let $r \geqslant 0$ and $k \geqslant 1$ be integers. We say that a graph $G$ has an $r$-equitable $k$-coloring if there exists a proper $k$-coloring of $G$ such that the sizes of any two color classes differ by at most $r$. The least $k$…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2013-08-09 Chih-Hung Yen

A strong edge coloring of a graph $G$ is a proper edge coloring in which each color class is an induced matching of $G$. In 1993, Brualdi and Quinn Massey proposed a conjecture that every bipartite graph without $4$-cycles and with the…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2013-12-09 Borut Lužar , Martina Mockovčiaková , Roman Soták , Riste Škrekovski

We propose a random bipartite graph with weights assigned to both parts of the vertex sets. Edges are formed independently with probabilities that depend on these weights. This bipartite graph naturally gives rise to a random intersection…

Probability · Mathematics 2025-06-10 Alastair Haig , Minmin Wang

Ramsey's Theorem guarantees for every graph H that any 2-edge-coloring of a sufficiently large complete graph contains a monochromatic copy of H. In 1962, Erdos conjectured that the random 2-edge-coloring minimizes the number of…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-08-22 Daniel Kral , Jan Volec , Fan Wei

In "Bipartite minors" [Journal of Combinatorial Theory, Series B, 2016], Chudnovsky et al. introduced the bipartite minor relation, a quasi-order on the class of bipartite graphs somewhat analogous the minor relation on general graphs and…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-03-05 Therese Biedl , Dinis Vitorino

Alon and Krivelevich (SIAM J. Discrete Math. 15(2): 211-227 (2002)) show that if a graph is {\epsilon}-far from bipartite, then the subgraph induced by a random subset of O(1/{\epsilon}) vertices is bipartite with high probability. We…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2010-11-03 Andrej Bogdanov , Fan Li