Precoloring

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    coloring in advance countable, uncountable

    "For any matching M in G and any precoloring of the edges in M using the colors #92;#123;1,#92;ldots,K#92;#125;, there is some proper K-edge-coloring of G extending the given precoloring."

  2. 2
    A particular assignment of colors in a precoloring. countable, uncountable

    "On the other hand, Thomassen's proof on planar graph 5 - choosability shows that some precolorings (two adjacent precolored vertices) and short lists (on the same face) allow a list coloring extension."

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"For any matching M in G and any precoloring of the edges in M using the colors #92;#123;1,#92;ldots,K#92;#125;, there is some proper K-edge-coloring of G extending the given precoloring."

Etymology

From pre- + coloring.

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