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Total-coloring of planar graphs with maximum degree 6 and without prescribed 4-cycles

Sep 2026 · 0 citations · 11 references
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Abstract

The Total Coloring Conjecture (TCC) is a challenging unsolved problem posed by Behzad and Vizing independently, which states that every simple graph $G$ admits a ($\Delta(G)$ +2)-total-coloring, where $\Delta(G)$ denotes the maximum degree of $G$. This conjecture has been confirmed for graphs with $\Delta(G)\leq 5$. However, for planar graphs, the only open case is $\Delta(G)=6$. It was known that planar graphs with maximum degree 6 and without 4-cycles are 7-totally-colorable. In this paper, we improve this result by showing that any planar graph $G$ of maximum degree 6, which does not contain some special 4-cycles, is 7-totally-colorable.

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