Electronic Journal of Graph Theory and Applications (EJGTA)
Vol 9, No 1 (2021): Electronic Journal of Graph Theory and Applications

Total weight choosability for Halin graphs

Yu-Chang Liang (Department of Applied Mathematics, National Pingtung University, Pingtung, Taiwan 90003.)
Tsai-Lien Wong (Department of Applied Mathematics, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan 80424.)
Xuding Zhu (Department of Mathematics, Zhejiang Normal University, China.)



Article Info

Publish Date
15 Apr 2021

Abstract

A proper total weighting of a graph G is a mapping φ which assigns to each vertex and each edge of G a real number as its weight so that for any edge uv of G, Σe ∈ E(v) φ(e)+φ(v) ≠ Σe ∈ E(u)φ(e)+φ(u). A (k,k')-list assignment of G is a mapping L which assigns to each vertex v a set L(v) of k permissible weights and to each edge e a set L(e) of k' permissible weights. An L-total weighting is a total weighting φ with φ(z) ∈ L(z) for each z ∈ V(G) ∪ E(G). A graph G is called  (k,k')-choosable if for every (k,k')-list assignment L of G, there exists a proper L-total weighting.   As a strenghtening of the well-known 1-2-3 conjecture,  it was conjectured in [Wong and Zhu, Total weight choosability of graphs, J. Graph Theory 66 (2011), 198-212] that every graph without  isolated edge is (1,3)-choosable.  It is easy to verified this conjecture for trees, however, to prove it for wheels seemed to be quite non-trivial.  In this paper, we develop some tools  and techniques  which enable us to prove this conjecture for generalized  Halin graphs.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

ejgta

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Subject

Electrical & Electronics Engineering

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The Electronic Journal of Graph Theory and Applications (EJGTA) is a refereed journal devoted to all areas of modern graph theory together with applications to other fields of mathematics, computer science and other sciences. The journal is published by the Indonesian Combinatorial Society ...