
arXiv: 1105.5652
The packing chromatic number $χ_ρ(G)$ of a graph $G$ is the smallest integer $k$ such that vertices of $G$ can be partitioned into disjoint classes $X_1, ..., X_k$ where vertices in $X_i$ have pairwise distance greater than $i$. We study the packing chromatic number of infinite distance graphs $G(Z, D)$, i.e. graphs with the set $Z$ of integers as vertex set and in which two distinct vertices $i, j \in Z$ are adjacent if and only if $|i - j| \in D$. In this paper we focus on distance graphs with $D = \{1, t\}$. We improve some results of Togni who initiated the study. It is shown that $χ_ρ(G(Z, D)) \leq 35$ for sufficiently large odd $t$ and $χ_ρ(G(Z, D)) \leq 56$ for sufficiently large even $t$. We also give a lower bound 12 for $t \geq 9$ and tighten several gaps for $χ_ρ(G(Z, D))$ with small $t$.
13 pages, 3 figures
FOS: Computer and information sciences, Distance in graphs, Discrete Mathematics (cs.DM), Distance graph, Applied Mathematics, Packing coloring, 05C12, 05C15, G.2.2, packing coloring, distance graph, packing chromatic number, Coloring of graphs and hypergraphs, FOS: Mathematics, Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics, Mathematics - Combinatorics, Combinatorics (math.CO), Packing chromatic number, Computer Science - Discrete Mathematics
FOS: Computer and information sciences, Distance in graphs, Discrete Mathematics (cs.DM), Distance graph, Applied Mathematics, Packing coloring, 05C12, 05C15, G.2.2, packing coloring, distance graph, packing chromatic number, Coloring of graphs and hypergraphs, FOS: Mathematics, Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics, Mathematics - Combinatorics, Combinatorics (math.CO), Packing chromatic number, Computer Science - Discrete Mathematics
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