The star-chromatic number of a graph, a parameter introduced by Vince, is a natural generalization of the chromatic number of a graph. Here we construct planar graphs with star-chromatic number r, where r is any rational number between 2 and 3, partially answering a question of Vince.
Star chromatic number of triangle-free planar graphs
β Scribed by G.-G. Gao
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1994
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 323 KB
- Volume
- 7
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0893-9659
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