The Alon-Tarsi number of a polynomial is a parameter related to the exponents of its monomials. For graphs, their Alon-Tarsi number is the Alon-Tarsi number of their graph polynomials. As such, it provides an upper bound on their choice and online choice numbers. In this paper, we obtain the Alon-Tarsi number of some complete multipartite graphs, line graphs of some complete graphs of even order, and line graphs of some other regular graphs.
We study the relation between the correspondence chromatic number and the Alon--Tarsi number, both upper bounds on the list chromatic number of a graph. There are many graphs with Alon--Tarsi number greater than the correspondence chromatic number. We present here a family of graphs with arbitrary Alon--Tarsi number, with correspondence chromatic number one larger. Keywords: correspondence coloring, Alon--Tarsi number AMS Mathematics Subject Classification: 05C15
This paper gives a simple proof of the result that every planar graph $G$ has Alon-Tarsi number at most 5, and has a matching $M$ such that $G-M$ has Alon-Tarsi number at most 4.
On a group ring identity related to the Alon-Jaeger-Tarsi conjecture
Alfréd Rényi Institute of Mathematics（阿尔弗雷德·雷尼数学研究所）；HUN-REN Alfréd Rényi Institute of Mathematics（匈牙利研究与创新网络阿尔弗雷德·雷尼数学研究所）；Budapest University of Technology and Economics（布达佩斯技术与经济大学）；Institute for Basic Science (IBS)（韩国基础科学研究院）
The Alon-Tarsi number of a graph $G$ is the smallest $k$ for which there is an orientation $D$ of $G$ with max outdegree $k-1$ such that the number of Eulerian subgraphs of $G$ with an even number of edges differs from the number of Eulerian subgraphs with an odd number of edges. In this paper, we obtain the Alon-Tarsi number of a Halin graph equals 4 when it is a wheel of even order and 3 otherwise.
In this paper we resolve the Alon-Jaeger-Tarsi conjecture for sufficiently large primes. Namely, we show that for any finite field $\mathbb{F}$ of size $61<|\mathbb F|\ne 79$ and any nonsingular matrix $M$ over $\mathbb{F}$ there exists a vector $x$ such that neither $x$ nor $Ax$ has a 0 component.
Thomassen in 1994 published a famous proof of the fact that the choosability of a planar graph is at most 5. Zhu in 2019 generalized this result by showing that the same bound holds for Alon-Tarsi numbers of planar graphs. We present an alternative proof of that fact, derived from the results on decompositions of planar graphs into trees known as Schnyder woods. It turns out that Thomassen's technique and our proof based on Schnyder woods have a lot in common. We discuss and explain the prominent role that counterclockwise 3-orientations play in proofs based on both these approaches.
We provide a general framework on the coefficients of the graph polynomials of graphs which are Cartesian products. As a corollary, we prove that if $G=(V,E)$ is a graph with degrees of vertices $2d(v), v\in V$, and the graph polynomial $\prod_{(i,j)\in E} (x_j-x_i)$ contains an "almost central" monomial (that means a monomial $\prod_v x_v^{c_v}$, where $|c_v-d(v)|\leqslant 1$ for all $v\in V$), then the Cartesian product $G\square C_{2n}$ is $(d(\cdot)+2)$-choosable.
Poznań University of Economics and Business（波兹南经济大学）；Jagiellonian University（雅盖隆大学）；Institute of Mathematics of the Polish Academy of Sciences（波兰科学院数学研究所）；AGH University of Krakow（克拉科夫AGH科技大学）；Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya（加泰罗尼亚理工大学）
We restate theorems of Hutchinson on list-colouring extendability for outerplanar graphs in terms of non-vanishing monomials in a graph polynomial, which yields an Alon-Tarsi equivalent for her work. This allows to simplify her proofs as well as obtain more general results.
A $0,1$ matrix is said to be regular if all of its rows and columns have the same number of ones. We prove that for infinitely many integers $k$, there exists a square regular $0,1$ matrix with binary rank $k$, such that the Boolean rank of its complement is $k^{\widetildeΩ(\log k)}$. Equivalently, the ones in the matrix can be partitioned into $k$ combinatorial rectangles, whereas the number of rectangles needed for any cover of its zeros is $k^{\widetildeΩ(\log k)}$. This settles, in a strong form, a question of Pullman (Linear Algebra Appl., 1988) and a conjecture of Hefner, Henson, Lundgre…
A regular bipartite tournament is an orientation of a complete balanced bipartite graph $K_{2n,2n}$ where every vertex has its in- and outdegree both equal to $n$. In 1981, Jackson conjectured that any regular bipartite tournament can be decomposed into Hamilton cycles. We prove this conjecture for all sufficiently large bipartite tournaments. Along the way, we also prove several further results, including a conjecture of Liebenau and Pehova on Hamilton decompositions of dense bipartite digraphs.
