• Title of article

    A sufficient condition for planar graphs to be 3-colorable

  • Author/Authors

    Borodin، نويسنده , , O.V and Raspaud، نويسنده , , A، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2003
  • Pages
    11
  • From page
    17
  • To page
    27
  • Abstract
    Planar graphs without 3-cycles at distance less than 4 and without 5-cycles are proved to be 3-colorable. We conjecture that, moreover, each plane graph with neither 5-cycles nor intersecting 3-cycles is 3-colorable. In this conjecture, none of the two assumptions can be dropped because there exist planar 4-chromatic graphs without 5-cycles, as well as planar 4-chromatic graphs without intersecting triangles.
  • Journal title
    Journal of Combinatorial Theory Series B
  • Serial Year
    2003
  • Journal title
    Journal of Combinatorial Theory Series B
  • Record number

    1527200