A k-ranking of a graph G is a colouring φ:V(G) → {1,...,k} such that any path in G with endvertices x,y fulfilling φ(x) = φ(y) contains an internal vertex z with φ(z) > φ(x). On-line ranking number $χ*_r(G)$ of a graph G is a minimum k such that G has a k-ranking constructed step by step if vertices of G are coming and coloured one by one in an arbitrary order; when colouring a vertex, only edges between already present vertices are known. Schiermeyer, Tuza and Voigt proved that $χ*_r(Pₙ) < 3log₂n$ for n ≥ 2. Here we show that $χ*_r(Pₙ) ≤ 2⎣log₂n⎦+1$. The same upper bound is obtained for $χ*_r(Cₙ)$,n ≥ 3.
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