A note on Goldberg's conjecture on total chromatic numbers

Yan Cao, Guantao Chen, Guangming Jing

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Abstract

Let (Formula presented.) be a multigraph with maximum degree (Formula presented.), chromatic index (Formula presented.), and total chromatic number (Formula presented.). The total coloring conjecture proposed by Behzad and Vizing, independently, states that (Formula presented.) for a multigraph (Formula presented.), where (Formula presented.) is the multiplicity of (Formula presented.). Moreover, Goldberg conjectured that (Formula presented.) if (Formula presented.) and noticed the conjecture holds when (Formula presented.) is an edge-chromatic critical graph. By assuming the Goldberg–Seymour conjecture, we show that (Formula presented.) if (Formula presented.) in this note. Consequently, (Formula presented.) if (Formula presented.) and (Formula presented.) has a spanning edge-chromatic critical subgraph.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)182-188
Number of pages7
JournalJournal of Graph Theory
Volume100
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - May 2022

Keywords

  • chromatic index
  • chromatic number
  • total chromatic number

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Geometry and Topology
  • Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics

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