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Planar graphs have two-coloring number at most 8

Combinatorics 2019-10-18 v3

Abstract

We prove that the two-colouring number of any planar graph is at most 8. This resolves a question of Kierstead et al. [SIAM J. Discrete Math.~23 (2009), 1548--1560]. The result is optimal.

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@article{arxiv.1506.01412,
  title  = {Planar graphs have two-coloring number at most 8},
  author = {Zdeněk Dvořák and Adam Kabela and Tomáš Kaiser},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1506.01412},
  year   = {2019}
}
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