Coloring of Some Crown-Free Graphs.

Let G and H be two vertex disjoint graphs. The union G ∪ H is the graph with V (G ∪ H) = V (G) ∪ (H) and E (G ∪ H) = E (G) ∪ E (H) . The join G + H is the graph with V (G + H) = V (G) ∪ V (H) and E (G + H) = E (G) ∪ E (H) ∪ { x y | x ∈ V (G) , y ∈ V (H) } . We use P k to denote a path on k vertices, use fork to denote the graph obtained from K 1 , 3 by subdividing an edge once, and use crown to denote the graph K 1 + K 1 , 3 . In this paper, we show that (i) χ (G) ≤ 3 2 (ω 2 (G) - ω (G)) if G is (crown, P 5 )-free, (ii) χ (G) ≤ 1 2 (ω 2 (G) + ω (G)) if G is (crown, fork)-free, and (iii) χ (G) ≤ 1 2 ω 2 (G) + 3 2 ω (G) + 1 if G is (crown, P 3 ∪ P 2 )-free. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]