A Note on Adjacent-Vertex-Distinguishing Total Chromatic Numbers for P_m × P_n,P_m × C_n and C_m × C_n
Xiang Chen · Journal of Mathematical Research and Exposition · 2008
Let G be a simple graph. Let f be a mapping from V (G) ∪ E(G) to {1,2,...,k}. Let Cf(v) = {f(v)} ∪ {f(vw)|w ∈ V (G),vw ∈ E(G)} for every v ∈ V (G). If f is a k-proper- total-coloring, and for u,v ∈ V (G),uv ∈ E(G), we have Cf(u) = Cf(v), then f is called a k- adjacent-vertex-distinguishing total coloring (k-AV DTC for short). Let χat(G) = min{k|G have a k-adjacent-vertex-distinguishing total coloring}. Then χat(G) is called the adjacent-vertex- distinguishing total chromatic number (AV DTC number for short). The AV DTC numbers for Pm × Pn,Pm × Cn and Cm × Cn are obtained in this paper.