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An improvement to the vertex-splitting conjecture

Yan Cao, Guantao Chen, Songling Shan

For a simple graph , denote by , , and its order, maximum degree, and chromatic index, respectively. A connected class 2 graph is edge-chromatic critical if…

math.CO2020

Overfullness of critical class 2 graphs with a small core degree

Yan Cao, Guantao Chen, Songling Shan

Let be a simple graph, and let , and be the order, the maximum degree and the chromatic index of , respectively. We call overfull if $|E(G)|/\lfloor n…

math.CO2020

-critical graphs with a vertex of degree 2

Yan Cao, Guantao Chen, Songling Shan

Let be a simple graph with maximum degree . A classic result of Vizing shows that , the chromatic index of , is either or . We say is of \emph{Class 1…

math.CO2020

Proof of the Core Conjecture of Hilton and Zhao

Yan Cao, Guantao Chen, Guangming Jing +1

Let be a simple graph with maximum degree . We call \emph{overfull} if . The \emph{core} of , denoted , is the subgraph of i…

math.CO2019

On Gupta's Co-density Conjecture

Yan Cao, Guantao Chen, Guoli Ding +2

Let be a multigraph. The {\em cover index} of is the greatest integer for which there is a coloring of with colors such that each vertex of is…

math.CO2018

Independence number of edge-chromatic critical graphs

Yan Cao, Guantao Chen, Guangming Jing +1

Let be a simple graph with maximum degree and chromatic index . A classic result of Vizing indicates that either or . The graph i…