Authors: Mario Gionfriddo, Lorenzo Milazzo, Vitaly Voloshin
Abstract
We consider the colorings of the edges of a multigraph in such a way that every non-pendant vertex is incident to at least two edges of the same color. The maximum number of colors that can be used in such colorings is the upper chromatic index of a multigraph G, denoted by not(χ')(G). We prove that if a multigraph G has n vertices, m edges, p pendant vertices and maximum number c disjoint cycles, then not(χ')(G) = c + m - n + p
M.Gionfriddo, L.Milazzo, V.Voloshin,
Mario Gionfriddo, Lorenzo Milazzo
Dipartimento di Matematica e Informatica,
Universita di Catania,
Viale A.Doria, 6 95125 - Catania, Italia.
E-mail:
E-mail:
Vitaly Voloshin
Institute of Mathematics and Computer Science
of Moldovan Academy of Sciences,
str. Academiei 5, Chisinau,
MD-2028, Moldova.
E-mail:
Fulltext
–
0.14 Mb