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The 4-choosability of plane graphs without 4-cycles. (English) Zbl 0931.05036
Summary: A graph $$G$$ is called $$k$$-choosable if $$k$$ is a number such that if we give lists of $$k$$ colors to each vertex of $$G$$ there is a vertex coloring of $$G$$ where each vertex receives a color from its own list no matter what the lists are. In this paper, it is shown that each plane graph without 4-cycles is 4-choosable. $$\copyright$$ Academic Press.

##### MSC:
 05C15 Coloring of graphs and hypergraphs 05C10 Planar graphs; geometric and topological aspects of graph theory 05C38 Paths and cycles
##### Keywords:
faces; choosabiilty; triangle; vertex coloring; plane graph; 4-cycles
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