Uniquely colorable graphs
Abstract
A graph is called uniquely k-colorable if there is only one partition of its vertex set into k color classes. The first result of this note is that if a k-colorable graph G of order n is such that its minimal degree, δ(G), is greater than (3k-5)/(3k-2) n then it is uniquely k-colorable. This result can be strengthened considerably if one considers only graphs having an obvious property of k-colorable graphs. More precisely, the main result of the note states the following. If G is a graph of order n that has a k-coloring in which the subgraph induced by the union of any two color classes is connected then δ(G)>(1-(1/(k-1))) n implies that G is uniquely k-colorable. Both these results are best possible. © 1978 Academic Press, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Publication Title
Journal of Combinatorial Theory, Series B
Recommended Citation
Bollobás, B. (1978). Uniquely colorable graphs. Journal of Combinatorial Theory, Series B, 25 (1), 54-61. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0095-8956(78)80010-0
