摘要
A proper vertex coloring of a graph G is linear if the graph induced by the vertices of any two color classes is the union of vertex-disjoint paths. The linear chromatic number lc（G） of the graph G is the smallest number of colors in a linear coloring of G. In this paper, it is proved that every planar graph G with girth g and maximum degree A has （1） lc（G） ≤ △ ＋ 21 if △ ≥ 9; （2） lc（G） ≤[△/2]＋ 7 if g≥5; （3） lc（G） ≤ [△/2]＋2ifg≥7and△ ≥7.
A proper vertex coloring of a graph G is linear if the graph induced by the vertices of any two color classes is the union of vertex-disjoint paths. The linear chromatic number lc（G） of the graph G is the smallest number of colors in a linear coloring of G. In this paper, it is proved that every planar graph G with girth g and maximum degree A has （1） lc（G） ≤ △ ＋ 21 if △ ≥ 9; （2） lc（G） ≤[△/2]＋ 7 if g≥5; （3） lc（G） ≤ [△/2]＋2ifg≥7and△ ≥7.
基金
Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 61070230, 10971121 and 61103199)
NSFSP of China (Grant No. ZR2009AM009)
