NP completeness of the edge precoloring extension problem on bipartite graphs

  • Authors:
  • Jiří Fiala

  • Affiliations:
  • Department of Applied Mathematics and Institute for Theoretical Computer Science, Charles University, Malostranské nám 25, Prague, Czech Republic

  • Venue:
  • Journal of Graph Theory
  • Year:
  • 2003

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Abstract

We show that the following problem is NP complete: LetG be a cubic bipartite graph and f be a precoloringof a subset of edges of G using at most three colors. Canf be extended to a proper edge 3-coloring of the entiregraph G? This result provides a natural counterpart toclassical Holyer's result on edge 3-colorability of cubic graphsand a strengthening of results on precoloring extension of perfectgraphs. © 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Graph Theory 43:156160, 2003Supported by the Ministry of Education of the Czech Republic asProject LN00A056.