The edge colorings of K5K_{5}-minor free graphs

In 1965, Vizing proved that every planar graph $G$ with maximum degree $\Delta\geq 8$ is edge $\Delta$-colorable. It is also proved that every planar graph $G$ with maximum degree $\Delta=7$ is edge $\Delta$-colorable by Sanders and Zhao, independently by Zhang. In this paper, we extend the above results by showing that every $K_5$-minor free graph with maximum degree $\Delta$ at least seven is edge $\Delta$-colorable.Comment: 14 pages, 1 figur