An (proper) \textit{edge coloring} of a graph $G$ is a function $f:E(G)\rightarrow \mathbb{Z}$ so that no two edges sharing an end have the same value. A graph $G$ is \textit{interval edge-colorable} if there is an edge coloring of $G$ such that for a...
An (proper) \textit{edge coloring} of a graph $G$ is a function $f:E(G)\rightarrow \mathbb{Z}$ so that no two edges sharing an end have the same value. A graph $G$ is \textit{interval edge-colorable} if there is an edge coloring of $G$ such that for any vertex of $G$, the colors of edges incident to the vertex are consecutive.
This notion was introduced by Asratian and Kamalian in 1987, in a relation to a scheduling problem. And it has been intensively studied by many researchers, especially focused on a problem to determine if given bipartite graph is interval edge-colorable or not.
In this thesis, we introduce an interval edge-coloring problem of a hypergraph and study its basic properties. We also give a necessary and sufficient condition for an $(n+1,n+1,n)$-regular tripartite 3-uniform hypergraph being interval $2n$-colorable.
Additionally, we find some interval edge-colorable bipartite graphs, in a relation of the question by Petrosyan and Khachatrian (2014).