数学物理学报(英文版) ›› 2001, Vol. 21 ›› Issue (2): 243-248.

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A SEVEN-COLOR THEOREM ON EDGE-FACE COLORING OF PLANE GRAPHS

 王维凡, 张克民   

  1. Department of Mathematics, Liaoning University, Shenyang 110036, China Department of Mathematics, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
  • 出版日期:2001-04-07 发布日期:2001-04-07

A SEVEN-COLOR THEOREM ON EDGE-FACE COLORING OF PLANE GRAPHS

 WANG Wei-Fan, ZHANG Ke-Min   

  1. Department of Mathematics, Liaoning University, Shenyang 110036, China Department of Mathematics, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
  • Online:2001-04-07 Published:2001-04-07

摘要:

Melnikov(1975) conjectured that the edges and faces of a plane graph G can be colored with (G) + 3 colors so that any two adjacent or incident elements receive distinct colors, where (G) denotes the maximum degree of G. This paper proves the conjecture for the case (G)  4.

关键词: Plane graph, chromatic number, coloring

Abstract:

Melnikov(1975) conjectured that the edges and faces of a plane graph G can be colored with (G) + 3 colors so that any two adjacent or incident elements receive distinct colors, where (G) denotes the maximum degree of G. This paper proves the conjecture for the case (G)  4.

Key words: Plane graph, chromatic number, coloring

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  • 05C15