TY - JOUR
T1 - Breaking the rhythm on graphs
AU - Alon, Noga
AU - Grytczuk, Jarosław
N1 - Funding Information:
The first author was supported by an ISF grant and by a USA-Israeli BSF grant. The second author was supported by Grant KBN 1P03A 017 27.
PY - 2008/4/28
Y1 - 2008/4/28
N2 - We study graph colorings avoiding periodic sequences with large number of blocks on paths. The main problem is to decide, for a given class of graphs F, if there are absolute constants t, k such that any graph from the class has a t-coloring with no k identical blocks in a row appearing on a path. The minimum t for which there is some k with this property is called the rhythm threshold of F, denoted by t (F). For instance, we show that the rhythm threshold of graphs of maximum degree at most d is between (d + 1) / 2 and d + 1. We give several general conditions for finiteness of t (F), as well as some connections to existing chromatic parameters. The question whether the rhythm threshold is finite for planar graphs remains open.
AB - We study graph colorings avoiding periodic sequences with large number of blocks on paths. The main problem is to decide, for a given class of graphs F, if there are absolute constants t, k such that any graph from the class has a t-coloring with no k identical blocks in a row appearing on a path. The minimum t for which there is some k with this property is called the rhythm threshold of F, denoted by t (F). For instance, we show that the rhythm threshold of graphs of maximum degree at most d is between (d + 1) / 2 and d + 1. We give several general conditions for finiteness of t (F), as well as some connections to existing chromatic parameters. The question whether the rhythm threshold is finite for planar graphs remains open.
KW - Graph coloring
KW - Random graph
KW - Rhythm threshold
KW - Thue sequence
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U2 - 10.1016/j.disc.2007.07.063
DO - 10.1016/j.disc.2007.07.063
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AN - SCOPUS:38849190648
SN - 0012-365X
VL - 308
SP - 1375
EP - 1380
JO - Discrete Mathematics
JF - Discrete Mathematics
IS - 8
ER -