The list Hajnál–Szemerédi conjecture

Let GG be a finite simple graph. A list assignment LL assigns a list of colors to each vertex; it is a kk-assignment when L(v)=k|L(v)|=k for every vV(G)v\in V(G). An equitable LL-coloring is a proper coloring using colors from the lists such that each color appears on at most V(G)/k\lceil |V(G)|/k\rceil vertices. The graph is equitably kk-choosable when it has an equitable LL-coloring for every kk-assignment LL.

List Hajnál–Szemerédi conjecture. Every graph GG is equitably kk-choosable when kΔ(G)+1k\geq \Delta(G)+1.

This is the list-coloring analogue of the Hajnál–Szemerédi theorem, which asserts equitable kk-colorability for kΔ(G)+1k\geq\Delta(G)+1. The source attributes the conjecture to Kostochka, West, and the third author; its resolution status is not specified in the supplied text.

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Hemanshu Kaul, Jeffrey A. Mudrock, Michael J. Pelsmajer and Benjamin Reiniger, “Proportional Choosability: A New List Analogue of Equitable Coloring”, arXiv:1806.06966 (2018).

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