Journal of Combinatorial Theory Series B ( IF 1.4 ) Pub Date : 2023-09-12 , DOI: 10.1016/j.jctb.2023.08.009 Anders Martinsson , Raphael Steiner
Hadwiger's famous coloring conjecture states that every t-chromatic graph contains a -minor. Holroyd [11] conjectured the following strengthening of Hadwiger's conjecture: If G is a t-chromatic graph and takes all colors in every t-coloring of G, then G contains a -minor rooted at S.
We prove this conjecture in the first open case of . Notably, our result also directly implies a stronger version of Hadwiger's conjecture for 5-chromatic graphs as follows:
Every 5-chromatic graph contains a -minor with a singleton branch-set. In fact, in a 5-vertex-critical graph we may specify the singleton branch-set to be any vertex of the graph.
中文翻译:
强化 Hadwiger 对 4 色图和 5 色图的猜想
Hadwiger 著名的着色猜想指出,每个t色图都包含一个-次要的。Holroyd [11]推测了以下对 Hadwiger 猜想的强化:如果G是t色图并且 获取G的每个t着色中的所有颜色,则G包含-次要根于 S。
我们在第一个公开案例中证明了这个猜想。值得注意的是,我们的结果还直接暗示了 Hadwiger 对 5 色图的猜想的更强版本,如下所示:
每个 5 色图都包含一个-minor 具有单例分支集。事实上,在 5 顶点关键图中,我们可以将单例分支集指定为图的任何顶点。