# k-forested choosability of graphs with bounded maximum average degree

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 Xidian University

2 Shandong University

Abstract

A proper vertex coloring of a simple graph is $k$-forested if the graph induced by the vertices of any two color classes is a forest with maximum degree less than $k$. A graph is $k$-forested $q$-choosable if for a given list of $q$ colors associated with each vertex $v$, there exists a $k$-forested coloring of $G$ such that each vertex receives a color from its own list. In this paper, we prove that the $k$-forested choosability of a graph with maximum degree $\Delta\geq k\geq 4$ is at most $\left\lceil\frac{\Delta}{k-1}\right\rceil+1$, $\left\lceil\frac{\Delta}{k-1}\right\rceil+2$ or $\left\lceil\frac{\Delta}{k-1}\right\rceil+3$ if its maximum average degree is less than $\frac{12}{5}$, $\frac{8}{3}$ or $3$, respectively.

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### History

• Receive Date: 21 April 2010
• Revise Date: 27 September 2010
• Accept Date: 27 September 2010