On (k, d)-Colorings and Fractional Nowhere-Zero Flows

Journal of Graph Theory

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 155-161

  Goddyn, Luis A ^a   Tarsi, Michael ^c   Zhang, Cun Quan ^b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

(k, d) coloring oriented graphs; Nowhere zero flow; Orientable matroids; Regular matroids; Star chromatic number

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032391971     PISSN: 03649024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0118(199807)28:3<155::AID-JGT5>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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