Electronic Journal of Graph Theory and Applications (EJGTA)
Vol 11, No 1 (2023): Electronic Journal of Graph Theory and Applications

Simultaneous coloring of vertices and incidences of outerplanar graphs

Mahsa Mozafari-Nia (Department of Mathematical Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University, Iran.)
Moharram N. Iradmusa (Department of Mathematical Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University, and School of Mathematics, Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences (IPM), Iran)



Article Info

Publish Date
08 Apr 2023

Abstract

A vi-simultaneous proper k-coloring of a graph G is a coloring of all vertices and incidences of the graph in which any two adjacent or incident elements in the set V(G)∪I(G) receive distinct colors, where I(G) is the set of incidences of G. The vi-simultaneous chromatic number, denoted by χvi(G), is the smallest integer k such that G has a vi-simultaneous proper k-coloring. In [M. Mozafari-Nia, M. N. Iradmusa, A note on coloring of 3/3-power of subquartic graphs, Vol. 79, No.3, 2021] vi-simultaneous proper coloring of graphs with maximum degree 4 is investigated and they conjectured that for any graph G with maximum degree Δ ≥ 2, vi-simultaneous proper coloring of G is at most 2Δ + 1. In [M. Mozafari-Nia, M. N. Iradmusa, Simultaneous coloring of vertices and incidences of graphs, arXiv:2205.07189, 2022] the correctness of the conjecture for some classes of graphs such as k-degenerated graphs, cycles, forests, complete graphs, regular bipartite graphs is investigated. In this paper, we prove that the vi-simultaneous chromatic number of any outerplanar graph G is either Δ + 2 or Δ + 3, where Δ is the maximum degree of G.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

ejgta

Publisher

Subject

Electrical & Electronics Engineering

Description

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 ...