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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

A graph where each vertex $v$ has a list $L(v)$ of available colors is $L$-colorable if there is a proper coloring such that the color of $v$ is in $L(v)$ for each $v$. A graph is $k$-choosable if every assignment $L$ of at least $k$ colors…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2021-10-26 Ilkyoo Choi , Felix Christian Clemen , Michael Ferrara , Paul Horn , Fuhong Ma , Tomáš Masařík

The chromatic number $\chi(G)$ of a graph $G$ is defined as the minimum number of colours required for a vertex colouring where no two adjacent vertices are coloured the same. The chromatic number of the dense random graph $G \sim G(n,p)$…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-03-29 Annika Heckel

Let $f:V \rightarrow \mathbb{N}$ be a function on the vertex set of the graph $G=(V,E)$. The graph $G$ is {\em $f$-choosable} if for every collection of lists with list sizes specified by $f$ there is a proper coloring using colors from the…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2011-11-02 Zoltán Füredi , Ida Kantor

We study relations between three interrelated notions of graph (list) coloring: single conflict coloring, adapted list coloring and choosability with separation (with $1$ overlapping color between lists of adjacent vertices), and their…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-09-18 Carl Johan Casselgren , Kalle Eriksson

Let $G$ be a graph on $n$ vertices and let $\mathcal{L}_k$ be an arbitrary function that assigns each vertex in $G$ a list of $k$ colours. Then $G$ is $\mathcal{L}_k$-list colourable if there exists a proper colouring of the vertices of $G$…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2014-03-12 Jeannette Janssen , Rogers Mathew , Deepak Rajendraprasad

In this paper uniquely list colorable graphs are studied. A graph G is called to be uniquely k-list colorable if it admits a k-list assignment from which G has a unique list coloring. The minimum k for which G is not uniquely k-list…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2008-01-03 Ch. Eslahchi , M. Ghebleh , H. Hajiabolhassan

A graph $G$ is equitably $k$-list arborable if for any $k$-uniform list assignment $L$, there is an equitable $L$-colouring of $G$ whose each colour class induces an acyclic graph. The smallest number $k$ admitting such a coloring is named…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-06-29 Ewa Drgas-Burchardt , Janusz Dybizbański , Hanna Furmańczyk , Elzbieta Sidorowicz

DP-coloring (also known as correspondence coloring) is a generalization of list coloring developed recently by Dvo\v{r}\'{a}k and Postle. In this paper we introduce and study the fractional DP-chromatic number $\chi_{DP}^\ast(G)$. We…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2019-06-04 Anton Bernshteyn , Alexandr Kostochka , Xuding Zhu

A proper vertex coloring of a graph is equitable if the sizes of color classes differ by at most one. The equitable chromatic number of a graph $G$, denoted by $\chi_=(G)$, is the minimum $k$ such that $G$ is equitably $k$-colorable. The…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2012-07-17 Zhidan Yan , Wei Wang

The adaptable choosability of a multigraph $G$, denoted $\mathrm{ch}_a(G)$, is the smallest integer $k$ such that any edge labelling, $\tau$, of $G$ and any assignment of lists of size $k$ to the vertices of $G$ permits a list colouring,…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-07-12 Jurgen Aliaj , Michael Molloy

The fractional list packing number $\chi_{\ell}^{\bullet}(G)$ of a graph $G$ is a graph invariant that has recently arisen from the study of disjoint list-colourings. It measures how large the lists of a list-assignment $L:V(G)\rightarrow…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-04-13 Stijn Cambie , Wouter Cames van Batenburg

Let $G$ be a $\{C_4, C_5\}$-free planar graph with a list assignment $L$. Suppose a preferred color is given for some of the vertices. We prove that if all lists have size at least four, then there exists an $L$-coloring respecting at least…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2020-06-11 Donglei Yang , Fan Yang

In this paper, we investigate the problem of graph list colouring in the on-line setting. We provide several results on paintability of graphs in the model introduced by Schauz [13] and Zhu [20]. We prove that the on-line version of Ohba's…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2015-02-10 Martin Derka , Alejandro López-Ortiz , Daniela Maftuleac

A \emph{request} on a graph assigns a preferred color to a subset of the vertices. A graph $G$ is \emph{$\epsilon$-flexibly $k$-choosable} if for every $k$-list assignment $L$ and every request $r$ on $G$, there is an $L$-coloring such that…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-10-16 Peter Bradshaw , Ilkyoo Choi , Alexandr Kostochka

Equitable list arboricity, introduced by Zhang in 2016, generalizes the notion of equitable list coloring by requiring the subgraph induced by each color class to be acyclic (instead of edgeless) in addition to the usual upper bound on the…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-06-03 Hemanshu Kaul , Jeffrey A. Mudrock , Michael J. Pelsmajer

Recently, Dvo\v{r}\'ak, Norin, and Postle introduced flexibility as an extension of list coloring on graphs [JGT 19']. In this new setting, each vertex $v$ in some subset of $V(G)$ has a request for a certain color $r(v)$ in its list of…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-06-13 Bernard Lidický , Tomáš Masařík , Kyle Murphy , Shira Zerbib

DP-coloring (also called correspondence coloring) is a well-studied generalization of list coloring introduced by Dvo\v{r}\'{a}k and Postle in 2015. The following sharp bound on the DP-chromatic number of the Cartesian product of graphs $G$…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-07-30 Hemanshu Kaul , Jeffrey A. Mudrock , Gunjan Sharma

If $L$ is a list assignment of $r$ colors to each vertex of an $n$-vertex graph $G$, then an equitable $L$-coloring of $G$ is a proper coloring of vertices of $G$ from their lists such that no color is used more than $\lceil n/r\rceil$…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-09-08 H. A. Kierstead , Alexandr Kostochka , Zimu Xiang

Recently, Kim and Park have found an infinite family of graphs whose squares are not chromatic-choosable. Xuding Zhu asked whether there is some $k$ such that all $k$th power graphs are chromatic-choosable. We answer this question in the…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2014-09-18 Nicholas Kosar , Sarka Petrickova , Benjamin Reiniger , Elyse Yeager