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Coloring Algorithms on Subcubic Graphs

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Computing and Combinatorics (COCOON 2002)

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We present efficient algorithms for three coloring problems on subcubic graphs (ones with maximum degree 3). These algorithms are based on a simple decomposition principle for subcubic graphs. The first algorithm is for 4-edge coloring, or more generally, 4-list-edge coloring. Our algorithm runs in linear time, and appears to be simpler than previous ones. As evidence we give the first randomized EREW PRAM algorithm that uses O(n/log n) processors and runs in O(log n) time with high probability, where n is the number of vertices of the input graph. The second algorithm is the first linear-time algorithm to 5-total-color subcubic graphs. The third algorithm generalizes this to the first linear-time algorithm to 5-list-total-color subcubic graphs.

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  1. Department of Computer Science, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO, 80309, USA

    Harold N. Gabow & San Skulrattanakulchai

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  1. Department of Computer Science, University of California, Santa Barbara, California, 93106, USA

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    Louxin Zhang

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Gabow, H.N., Skulrattanakulchai, S. (2002). Coloring Algorithms on Subcubic Graphs. In: Ibarra, O.H., Zhang, L. (eds) Computing and Combinatorics. COCOON 2002. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2387. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-45655-4_9

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