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Constructing regular graphs with smallest defining number

Combinatorics 2008-06-10 v1

Abstract

In a given graph GG, a set SS of vertices with an assignment of colors is a {\sf defining set of the vertex coloring of GG}, if there exists a unique extension of the colors of SS to a \Cchi(G)\Cchi(G)-coloring of the vertices of GG. A defining set with minimum cardinality is called a {\sf smallest defining set} (of vertex coloring) and its cardinality, the {\sf defining number}, is denoted by d(G,\Cchi)d(G, \Cchi). Let d(n,r,\Cchi=k) d(n, r, \Cchi = k) be the smallest defining number of all rr-regular kk-chromatic graphs with nn vertices. Mahmoodian et. al \cite{rkgraph} proved that, for a given kk and for all n3kn \geq 3k, if r2(k1)r \geq 2(k-1) then d(n,r,\Cchi=k)=k1d(n, r, \Cchi = k)=k-1. In this paper we show that for a given kk and for all n<3kn < 3k and r2(k1)r\geq 2(k-1), d(n,r,\Cchi=k)=k1d(n, r, \Cchi=k)=k-1.

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@article{arxiv.0806.1395,
  title  = {Constructing regular graphs with smallest defining number},
  author = {Behnaz Omoomi and Nasrin Soltankhah},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0806.1395},
  year   = {2008}
}

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13 pages. to appear in ARS Combinatoria

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