For graph $G$ and integers $a_1 ge cdots ge a_r ge 2$, we write $G rightarrow (a_1 ,cdots ,a_r)^v$ if and only if for every $r$-coloring of the vertex set $V(G)$ there exists a monochromatic $K_{a_i}$ in $G$ for some color $i in {1, cdots, r}$. The v
ertex Folkman number $F_v(a_1 ,cdots ,a_r; s)$ is defined as the smallest integer $n$ for which there exists a $K_s$-free graph $G$ of order $n$ such that $G rightarrow (a_1 ,cdots ,a_r)^v$. It is well known that if $G rightarrow (a_1 ,cdots ,a_r)^v$ then $chi(G) geq m$, where $m = 1+ sum_{i=1}^r (a_i - 1)$. In this paper we study such Folkman graphs $G$ with chromatic number $chi(G)=m$, which leads to a new concept of chromatic Folkman numbers. We prove constructively some existential results, among others that for all $r,s ge 2$ there exist $K_{s+1}$-free graphs $G$ such that $G rightarrow (s,cdots_r,s)^v$ and $G$ has the smallest possible chromatic number $r(s-1)+1$ for this $r$-color arrowing to hold. We also conjecture that, in some cases, our construction is the best possible, in particular that for every $s ge 2$ there exists a $K_{s+1}$-free graph $G$ on $F_v(s,s; s+1)$ vertices with $chi(G)=2s-1$ such that $G rightarrow (s,s)^v$.
We give a brief introduction to private quantum codes, a basic notion in quantum cryptography and key distribution. Private code states are characterized by indistinguishability of their output states under the action of a quantum channel, and we sho
w that higher rank numerical ranges can be used to describe them. We also show how this description arises naturally via conjugate channels and the bridge between quantum error correction and cryptography.
The total dominator total coloring of a graph is a total coloring of the graph such that each object of the graph is adjacent or incident to every object of some color class. The minimum namber of the color classes of a total dominator total coloring
of a graph is called the total dominator total chromatic number of the graph. Here, we will find the total dominator chromatic numbers of cycles and paths.
We study colorings of the hyperbolic plane, analogously to the Hadwiger-Nelson problem for the Euclidean plane. The idea is to color points using the minimum number of colors such that no two points at distance exactly $d$ are of the same color. The
problem depends on $d$ and, following a strategy of Kloeckner, we show linear upper bounds on the necessary number of colors. In parallel, we study the same problem on $q$-regular trees and show analogous results. For both settings, we also consider a variant which consists in replacing $d$ with an interval of distances.