We show that coloring the edges of a multigraph G in a particular order often leads to improved upper bounds for the chromatic index Ο (G). Applying this to simple graphs, we significantly generalize recent conditions based on the core of G (i.e., the subgraph of G induced by the vertices of degree
Asymptotics of the list-chromatic index for multigraphs
β Scribed by Jeff Kahn
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 272 KB
- Volume
- 17
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1042-9832
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