Coloring graph products - A survey

Abstract There are four standard products of graphs: the direct product, the Cartesian product, the strong product and the lexicographic product. The chromatic number turned out to be an interesting parameter on all these products, except on the Cartesian one. A survey is given on the results concerning the chromatic number of the three relevant products. Some applications of product colorings are also included.

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