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<metadata xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><dc:title>Remarks on proper conflict-free degree-choosability of graphs with prescribed degeneracy</dc:title><dc:creator>Kashima,	Masaki	(Avtor)
	</dc:creator><dc:creator>Škrekovski,	Riste	(Avtor)
	</dc:creator><dc:creator>Xu,	Rongxing	(Avtor)
	</dc:creator><dc:subject>proper conflict-free coloring</dc:subject><dc:subject>list coloring</dc:subject><dc:subject>degree-choosability</dc:subject><dc:subject>degeneracy</dc:subject><dc:description>A proper coloring $\phi$ of $G$ is called a proper conflict-free coloring of $G$ if for every non-isolated vertex $v$ of $G$, there is a color $c$ such that $|\phi^{-1}(c) \cap N_G(v)| = 1$. As an analogy of degree-choosability of graphs, we introduced the notion of proper conflict-free (degree $+k$)-choosability of graphs. For a non-negative integer $k$, a graph $G$ is proper conflict-free (degree $+k$)-choosable if for any list assignment $L$ of $G$ with $|L(v)| \ge d_G(v) + k$ for every vertex $v \in V(G)$, $G$ admits a proper conflict-free coloring $\phi$ such that $\phi(v) \in L(v)$ for every vertex $v \in V(G)$. In this note, we first remark if a graph $G$ is $d$-degenerate, then $G$ is proper conflict-free (degree $+d+1$)-choosable. Furthermore, when $d=1$, we can reduce the number of colors by showing that every tree is proper conflict-free (degree $+1$)-choosable. This motivates us to state a question.</dc:description><dc:date>2026</dc:date><dc:date>2026-02-03 09:10:03</dc:date><dc:type>Članek v reviji</dc:type><dc:identifier>179008</dc:identifier><dc:identifier>UDK: 519.17</dc:identifier><dc:identifier>ISSN pri članku: 0012-365X</dc:identifier><dc:identifier>DOI: 10.1016/j.disc.2026.115003</dc:identifier><dc:identifier>COBISS_ID: 266959619</dc:identifier><dc:language>sl</dc:language></metadata>
