The toroidal choice–chromatic gap conjecture for 3-chromatic graphs

Let \jump(g,r)\jump(g,r) denote the maximum of the difference between list-chromatic number and chromatic number over graphs embeddable on the orientable surface of genus gg with chromatic number rr. A graph is toroidal when it is embeddable on the orientable surface of genus 11. Toroidal gap conjecture.

\jump(1,3)=2.\jump(1,3)=2.

This is equivalent to asserting that every 33-chromatic toroidal graph is 55-choosable. Resolving it would determine the maximum choice–chromatic gap for toroidal graphs; the source presents it as open.

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Niranjan Balachandran and Brahadeesh Sankarnarayanan, “The choice number versus the chromatic number for graphs embeddable on orientable surfaces”, arXiv:2102.06993 (2021).

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