On acyclic colorings of direct productsŠpacapan, Simon (Avtor) Tepeh, Aleksandra (Avtor) mathematicsgraph theorycoloringacyclic coloringdistance-two coloringdirect productA coloring of a graph ▫$G$▫ is an acyclic coloring if the union of any two color classes induces a forest. It is proved that the acyclic chromatic number of direct product of two trees ▫$T_1$▫ and ▫$T_2$▫ equals ▫$\min\{ \Delta(T_1) + 1, \Delta(T_2) + 1\}$▫. We also prove that the acyclic chromatic number of direct product of two complete graphs ▫$K_m$▫ and ▫$K_n$▫ is ▫$mn-m-2$▫, where ▫$m \ge n \ge 4$▫. Several bounds for the acyclic chromatic number of direct products are given and in connection to this some questions are raised.20082017-03-31 14:13:19Znanstveno delo65349sl