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Minimal counterexamples and discharging method
Recently, the author found that there is a common mistake in some papers by
using minimal counterexample and discharging method. We first discuss how the
mistake is generated, and give a method to fix the mistake. As an illustration,
we consider total coloring of planar or toroidal graphs, and show that: if
is a planar or toroidal graph with maximum degree at most , where
, then the total chromatic number is at most .Comment: 8 pages. Preliminary version, comments are welcom
The edge chromatic number of outer-1-planar graphs
A graph is outer-1-planar if it can be drawn in the plane so that all
vertices are on the outer face and each edge is crossed at most once. In this
paper, we completely determine the edge chromatic number of outer 1-planar
graphs
Total coloring of 1-toroidal graphs of maximum degree at least 11 and no adjacent triangles
A {\em total coloring} of a graph is an assignment of colors to the
vertices and the edges of such that every pair of adjacent/incident
elements receive distinct colors. The {\em total chromatic number} of a graph
, denoted by \chiup''(G), is the minimum number of colors in a total
coloring of . The well-known Total Coloring Conjecture (TCC) says that every
graph with maximum degree admits a total coloring with at most colors. A graph is {\em -toroidal} if it can be drawn in torus such
that every edge crosses at most one other edge. In this paper, we investigate
the total coloring of -toroidal graphs, and prove that the TCC holds for the
-toroidal graphs with maximum degree at least~ and some restrictions on
the triangles. Consequently, if is a -toroidal graph with maximum degree
at least~ and without adjacent triangles, then admits a total
coloring with at most colors.Comment: 10 page
Injective colorings of sparse graphs
Let denote the maximum average degree (over all subgraphs) of
and let denote the injective chromatic number of . We prove that
if , then ; and if , then . Suppose that is a planar graph with
girth and . We prove that if , then
; similarly, if , then
.Comment: 10 page
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