Acyclically 3-colorable planar graphs

  • Authors:
  • Patrizio Angelini;Fabrizio Frati

  • Affiliations:
  • Dipartimento di Informatica e Automazione, Università Roma Tre, Rome, Italy;Dipartimento di Informatica e Automazione, Università Roma Tre, Rome, Italy

  • Venue:
  • Journal of Combinatorial Optimization
  • Year:
  • 2012

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Abstract

In this paper we study the acyclic 3-colorability of some subclasses of planar graphs. First, we show that there exist infinite classes of cubic planar graphs that are not acyclically 3-colorable. Then, we show that every planar graph has a subdivision with one vertex per edge that is acyclically 3-colorable and provide a linear-time coloring algorithm. Finally, we characterize the series-parallel graphs for which every 3-coloring is acyclic and provide a linear-time recognition algorithm for such graphs.