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
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
Journal title :
Journal of Combinatorial Theory Series B