Every toroidal graph without adjacent triangles is (4, 1)*-choosable

  • Authors:
  • Baogang Xu;Haihui Zhang

  • Affiliations:
  • School of Mathematics and Computer Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, China;School of Mathematics and Computer Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, China and Department of Mathematics, Huaiyin Teachers College, Huaian, China

  • Venue:
  • Discrete Applied Mathematics
  • Year:
  • 2007

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Abstract

In this paper, a structural theorem about toroidal graphs is given that strengthens a result of Borodin on plane graphs. As a consequence, it is proved that every toroidal graph without adjacent triangles is (4, 1)*-choosable. This result is best possible in the sense that K7 is a non-(3, 1)*-choosable toroidal graph. A linear time algorithm for producing such a coloring is presented also.