Operations Research Transactions ›› 2013, Vol. 17 ›› Issue (4): 103-108.

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Clique-coloring numbers of some product graphs

SHAN Erfang1,*, YE Tingting2   

  1. 1. School of Management, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China; 2. Department of Mathematics, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China
  • Online:2013-12-15 Published:2013-12-15

Abstract: Let G=(V, E) be a simple graph with vertex set V and edge set E. A k-clique-coloring of G is a mapping $\phi: V\rightarrow {1, 2, ...,  k},  such that no maximal clique of size at least two is monochromatic. The clique-coloring number of G is the smallest k for which c is a k-clique-coloring of G.  In this paper we investigate the clique-coloring numbers of Cartesian product, Kronecker product, strong product and lexicographical product of two graphs.

Key words: clique coloring, Cartesian product, Kronecker product, strong product, lexicographical product

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