A new bound on the acyclic edge chromatic number

In this note we obtain a new bound for the acyclic edge chromatic number a′(G) of a graph G with maximum degree Δ proving that a′(G)≤3.569(Δ−1). To get this result we revisit and slightly modify the method described in Kirousis et al. (2017).

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Veröffentlicht in:Discrete mathematics 2020-11, Vol.343 (11), p.112037, Article 112037
Hauptverfasser: Fialho, Paula M.S., de Lima, Bernardo N.B., Procacci, Aldo
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:In this note we obtain a new bound for the acyclic edge chromatic number a′(G) of a graph G with maximum degree Δ proving that a′(G)≤3.569(Δ−1). To get this result we revisit and slightly modify the method described in Kirousis et al. (2017).
ISSN:0012-365X
1872-681X
DOI:10.1016/j.disc.2020.112037