Acyclic list colouring locally planar graphs

A (vertex) colouring of graph is acyclic if it contains no bicoloured cycle. In 1979, Borodin proved that planar graphs are acyclically 5-colourable. In 2010, Kawarabayashi and Mohar proved that locally planar graphs are acyclically 7-colourable. In 2002, Borodin, Fon-Der-Flaass, Kostochka, Raspaud, and Sopena proved that planar graphs are acyclically 7-list-colourable. We prove that locally planar graphs are acyclically 9-list-colourable—no bound for acyclic list colouring locally planar graphs for any fixed number of colours was previously known.

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Journal of Combinatorial Theory Series B
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2026-09-30
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jctb.2026.09.004
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Advanced Graph Theory Research
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Acyclic list colouring locally planar graphs

Evelyne Smith‐Roberge, Luke Postle, Massimo Vicenzo
Journal of Combinatorial Theory Series B
Advanced Graph Theory Research
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Acyclic list colouring locally planar graphs

Evelyne Smith‐Roberge, Luke Postle, Massimo Vicenzo
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Abstract

A (vertex) colouring of graph is acyclic if it contains no bicoloured cycle. In 1979, Borodin proved that planar graphs are acyclically 5-colourable. In 2010, Kawarabayashi and Mohar proved that locally planar graphs are acyclically 7-colourable. In 2002, Borodin, Fon-Der-Flaass, Kostochka, Raspaud, and Sopena proved that planar graphs are acyclically 7-list-colourable. We prove that locally planar graphs are acyclically 9-list-colourable—no bound for acyclic list colouring locally planar graphs for any fixed number of colours was previously known.

Journal of Combinatorial Theory Series BVol. 182
University of Waterloo (CA), Illinois State University (US)
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
Openalex Percentile: Top 98%
Advanced Graph Theory Research
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