If and are class 1, then is also class 1. Just choose a -edge coloring of and a -edge coloring of , and then assign each edge of the color of the edge it projects to in the appropriate projection map. This gives a proper edge coloring of , and .
trivially false
If and are class 1, then is also class 1. Just choose a -edge coloring of and a -edge coloring of , and then assign each edge of the color of the edge it projects to in the appropriate projection map. This gives a proper edge coloring of , and .