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The chromatic index of graphs with large maximum degree, where the number of vertices of maximum degree is relatively small. (English) Zbl 0716.05021
Let h(G) denote the maximum vertex degree of a simple graph G. By Vizing’s theorem, the chromatic index $$\chi '(G)$$ of G is at most $$h(G)+1$$. Graphs for which $$\chi '(G)=h(G)$$ are said to be class 1, and otherwise they are class 2. There is described the structure of graphs with class 1 and class 2 respectively. Gained results provide quite strong evidence for the following conjecture. We put $$t(G)=\max_{H}\lceil 2| E(H)| /| V(H)| -1\rceil$$, where the maximum is taken over all subgraphs H of G of odd order. Let $$f(G)=\max \{h(G),t(G)\}$$. Conjecture. If h(G)$$\geq | V(G)|$$, then $$\chi '(G)=f(G)$$.
Reviewer: J.Fiamčík

##### MSC:
 05C15 Coloring of graphs and hypergraphs 05C35 Extremal problems in graph theory
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