Graphs with Two Crossings Are 5-Choosable

  • Authors:
  • Zdeněk Dvořák;Bernard Lidický;Riste Škrekovski

  • Affiliations:
  • rakdver@kam.mff.cuni.cz and bernard@kam.mff.cuni. cz;-;skrekovski@gmail.com

  • Venue:
  • SIAM Journal on Discrete Mathematics
  • Year:
  • 2011

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Abstract

A graph $G$ is $k$-choosable if $G$ can be properly colored whenever every vertex has a list of at least $k$ available colors. Thomassen's theorem states that every planar graph is 5-choosable. We extend the result by showing that every graph with at most two crossings is 5-choosable.