Neumann–Lara's planar graph dichromatic conjecture
An orientation of a graph is obtained by assigning one of the two possible directions to each edge, and the dichromatic number of a digraph is the minimum number of colors needed so that every color class induces an acyclic subdigraph. A planar graph is a graph that can be embedded in the plane without crossings.
Neumann–Lara's conjecture. Every orientation of a planar graph has dichromatic number at most .
This is a central open problem concerning dichromatic number, independently raised by Neumann–Lara and Škrekovski. It asks whether every planar graph remains 2-colorable into acyclic color classes under every orientation.
References
Primary source
János Barát and Mátyás Czett, “The horizon of 2-dichromatic oriented graphs”, arXiv:2201.13161 (2022).
Additional references
3 papers in this index state this conjecture (2015–2022). The statement above is taken from the most recent of them; the others are arXiv:1708.02441, arXiv:1510.03578.
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