Tag: 최일규

A graph $G$ is (list, DP) $k$-critical if the (list, DP) chromatic number is $k$ but for every proper subgraph $G’$ of $G$, the (list, DP) chromatic number of $G’$ is less than $k$. For $k\geq 4$, we show a bound on the minimum number of edges in a DP $k$-critical graph, and our bound is the first bound that is asymptotically better than the corresponding bound for proper $k$-critical graphs by Gallai from 1963. Our result also improves the best bound on the list chromatic number. This is joint work with Bradshaw, Kostochka, and Xu.

Oftentimes in chromatic graph theory, precoloring techniques are utilized in order to obtain the desired coloring result. For example, Thomassen’s proof for 5-choosability of planar graphs actually shows that two adjacent vertices on the same face can be precolored. In this vein, we investigate a precoloring extension problem formalized by Dvorak, Norin, and Postle named flexibility. Given a list assignment $L$ on a graph $G$, an $L$-request is a function on a subset $S$ of the vertices that indicates a preferred color in $L(v)$ for each vertex $v\in S$. A graph $G$ is $\varepsilon$-flexible for list size $k$ if given a $k$-list assignment $L$ and an $L$-request, there is an $L$-coloring of $G$ satisfying an $\varepsilon$-fraction of the requests in $S$. We survey known results regarding this new concept, and prove some new results regarding flexibility of planar graphs.