Homomorphisms from sparse graphs with large girth

نویسندگان

  • Oleg V. Borodin
  • Seog-Jin Kim
  • Alexandr V. Kostochka
  • Douglas B. West
چکیده

We show that a planar graph with girth at least 20t−2 3 has circular chromatic number at most 2+ 1t , improving earlier results. This follows from a general result establishing homomorphisms into special targets for graphs with given girth and given maximum average degree. Other applications concern oriented chromatic number and homomorphisms into mixed graphs with colored edges.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • J. Comb. Theory, Ser. B

دوره 90  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2004