Abstract
Let G be a finite d -regular graph with a proper edge coloring. An edge Kempe switch is a new proper edge coloring of G obtained by switching the two colors along some bichromatic cycle. We prove that any other edge coloring can be obtained by performing finitely many edge Kempe switches, provided that G is replaced with a suitable finite covering graph. The required covering degree is bounded above by a constant depending only on d.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 553-559 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Journal of Graph Theory |
| Volume | 93 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1 Apr 2020 |
Keywords
- edge Kempe moves
- graph coloring
- graph covers
- uniform tree lattices
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Geometry and Topology
- Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics