
Conjecture If
is an orientation of a simple planar graph, then there is a partition of
into
so that the graph induced by
is acyclic for
.





This is a type of coloring digraphs introduced by V. Neumann-Lara. More generally, if is a digraph, we wish to partition the vertex set of
into as few parts as possible so that each induces an acyclic subgraph.
Bibliography
* [N] V. Neumann-Lara (1985). Vertex colourings in digraphs. Some problems. Technical report, University of Waterloo.
* indicates original appearance(s) of problem.