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Grunbaum's Conjecture ★★★

Author(s): Grunbaum

Conjecture   If $ G $ is a simple loopless triangulation of an orientable surface, then the dual of $ G $ is 3-edge-colorable.

Keywords: coloring; surface

Posted by mdevos
updated March 23rd, 2009
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Graph Theory » Topological G.T. » Coloring

5-local-tensions ★★

Author(s): DeVos

Conjecture   There exists a fixed constant $ c $ (probably $ c=4 $ suffices) so that every embedded (loopless) graph with edge-width $ \ge c $ has a 5-local-tension.

Keywords: coloring; surface; tension

Posted by mdevos
updated June 22nd, 2007
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Degenerate colorings of planar graphs ★★★

Author(s): Borodin

A graph $ G $ is $ k $-degenerate if every subgraph of $ G $ has a vertex of degree $ \le k $.

Conjecture   Every simple planar graph has a 5-coloring so that for $ 1 \le k \le 4 $, the union of any $ k $ color classes induces a $ (k-1) $-degenerate graph.

Keywords: coloring; degenerate; planar

Posted by mdevos
updated May 21st, 2008
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3-Colourability of Arrangements of Great Circles ★★

Author(s): Felsner; Hurtado; Noy; Streinu

Consider a set $ S $ of great circles on a sphere with no three circles meeting at a point. The arrangement graph of $ S $ has a vertex for each intersection point, and an edge for each arc directly connecting two intersection points. So this arrangement graph is 4-regular and planar.

Conjecture   Every arrangement graph of a set of great circles is $ 3 $-colourable.

Keywords: arrangement graph; graph coloring

Posted by David Wood
updated October 22nd, 2020
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