The Total Chromatic Number of Graphs with an Unique Major Vertex of Degree Four
Received:July 11, 1995  
Key Words: graph   total coloring   major vertex.  
Fund Project:Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China and the Doctorial Programme Foundation of State Education Commission of China.
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Xu Baogang Dept. of Math.
Shandong University
Jinan 250100 
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Abstract:
      The total chromatic number χT(G) of a graph G is the least number k such that G admits a total coloring with k colors. In this paper, it is proved that χT(G)=Δ(G)+1 for all graphs with an unique major vertex of degree 4.
Citation:
DOI:10.3770/j.issn:1000-341X.1998.01.006
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