Outline:

1. Basic concept
2. Vertex coloring and edge coloring
3. Chip-firing and acyclic orientation
4. Circular coloring
5. Fractional coloring
6. Related topics

Objective:

We will introduce coloring concepts and related problems in graph theory.

Textbook:

1. D. B. West: Introduction to Graph Theory (Second Ed.)
2. J. A. Bondy and U. S. R. Murty: Graph Theory with Applications
3. M. Kubale, Graph Colorings.