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Acyclic edge coloring of graphs
An {\em acyclic edge coloring} of a graph is a proper edge coloring such
that the subgraph induced by any two color classes is a linear forest (an
acyclic graph with maximum degree at most two). The {\em acyclic chromatic
index} \chiup_{a}'(G) of a graph is the least number of colors needed in
an acyclic edge coloring of . Fiam\v{c}\'{i}k (1978) conjectured that
\chiup_{a}'(G) \leq \Delta(G) + 2, where is the maximum degree of
. This conjecture is well known as Acyclic Edge Coloring Conjecture (AECC).
A graph with maximum degree at most is {\em
-deletion-minimal} if \chiup_{a}'(G) > \kappa and \chiup_{a}'(H)
\leq \kappa for every proper subgraph of . The purpose of this paper is
to provide many structural lemmas on -deletion-minimal graphs. By using
the structural lemmas, we firstly prove that AECC is true for the graphs with
maximum average degree less than four (\autoref{NMAD4}). We secondly prove that
AECC is true for the planar graphs without triangles adjacent to cycles of
length at most four, with an additional condition that every -cycle has at
most three edges contained in triangles (\autoref{NoAdjacent}), from which we
can conclude some known results as corollaries. We thirdly prove that every
planar graph without intersecting triangles satisfies \chiup_{a}'(G) \leq
\Delta(G) + 3 (\autoref{NoIntersect}). Finally, we consider one extreme case
and prove it: if is a graph with and all the
-vertices are independent, then \chiup_{a}'(G) = \Delta(G). We hope
the structural lemmas will shed some light on the acyclic edge coloring
problems.Comment: 19 page
Structural properties of 1-planar graphs and an application to acyclic edge coloring
A graph is called 1-planar if it can be drawn on the plane so that each edge
is crossed by at most one other edge. In this paper, we establish a local
property of 1-planar graphs which describes the structure in the neighborhood
of small vertices (i.e. vertices of degree no more than seven). Meanwhile, some
new classes of light graphs in 1-planar graphs with the bounded degree are
found. Therefore, two open problems presented by Fabrici and Madaras [The
structure of 1-planar graphs, Discrete Mathematics, 307, (2007), 854-865] are
solved. Furthermore, we prove that each 1-planar graph with maximum degree
is acyclically edge -choosable where
.Comment: Please cite this published article as: X. Zhang, G. Liu, J.-L. Wu.
Structural properties of 1-planar graphs and an application to acyclic edge
coloring. Scientia Sinica Mathematica, 2010, 40, 1025--103
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