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On the 4-color theorem for signed graphs

Combinatorics 2019-06-14 v1

Abstract

There are several ways to generalize graph coloring to signed graphs. M\'a\v{c}ajov\'a, Raspaud and \v{S}koviera introduced one of them and conjectured that in this setting, for signed planar graphs four colors are always enough, generalising thereby The Four Color Theorem. We disprove the conjecture.

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@article{arxiv.1906.05638,
  title  = {On the 4-color theorem for signed graphs},
  author = {František Kardoš and Jonathan Narboni},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1906.05638},
  year   = {2019}
}
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