• Title of article

    Coloring the square of a K4-minor free graph

  • Author/Authors

    Ko-Wei Lih، نويسنده , , Weifan Wang، نويسنده , , Xuding Zhu، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2003
  • Pages
    7
  • From page
    303
  • To page
    309
  • Abstract
    Let G be a K4-minor free graph with maximum degree Δ. We prove that the chromatic number of the square of G is at most (i) Δ+3 if 2⩽Δ⩽3; or (ii) ⌊3Δ/2⌋+1 if Δ⩾4. Examples are given to show the bounds can be attained.
  • Keywords
    K4-minor free graph , Series–parallel graph , Square , Chromatic number
  • Journal title
    Discrete Mathematics
  • Serial Year
    2003
  • Journal title
    Discrete Mathematics
  • Record number

    949221