Estimating the minimal number of colors in acyclic k-strong colorings of maps on surfaces

O. V. Borodin; A. V. Kostochka; A. Raspaud; E. Sopena

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Estimating the minimal number of colors in acyclic k-strong colorings of maps on surfaces

O. V. Borodin, A. V. Kostochka, A. Raspaud, E. Sopena

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A coloring of the vertices of a graph is called acyclic if the ends of each edge are colored in distinct colors, and there are no two-colored cycles. Suppose each face of rank k, k ≥ 4, in a map on a surface S ^N is replaced by the clique having the same number of vertices. It is proved in [1] that the resulting pseudograph admits an acyclic coloring with the number of colors depending linearly on N and k. In the present paper we prove a sharper estimate 55(-Nk) ^4/7 for the number of colors provided that k ≥ 1 and N ≥ 5 ⁷k ^4/3.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	31-33
Number of pages	3
Journal	Mathematical Notes
Volume	72
Issue number	1-2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1019808819476
State	Published - 2002
Externally published	Yes

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Acyclic colorings
Graphs on surfaces
K-strong colorings

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