The 2-dipath chromatic number of Halin graphs

  • Authors:
  • Chen Min;Wang Weifan

  • Affiliations:
  • Department of Mathematics, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, China;Department of Mathematics, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, China

  • Venue:
  • Information Processing Letters
  • Year:
  • 2006

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Abstract

A 2-dipath k-coloring f of an oriented graph G→ is a mapping from V(G→) to the color set {1, 2 ....k} such that f(x) ≠ f(y) whenever two vertices x and y are linked by a directed path of length 1 or 2. The 2-dipath chromatic number χ→2(G→) of G→ is the smallest k such that G→ has a 2-dipath k-coloring. In this paper we prove that if G→ is an oriented Halin graph, then χ→2(G→) ≤ 7. There exist infinitely many oriented Halin graphs G→ such that χ→2(G→) = 7.