Distinguishing finite and infinite trees of arbitrary cardinality
Combinatorics
2025-06-20 v1
Abstract
Let be a finite or infinite graph and the minimum number of vertices moved by the non-identity automorphisms of . We are interested in bounds on the supremum of the degrees of the vertices of that assure the existence of vertex colorings of with two colors that are preserved only by the identity automorphism, and, in particular, in the number of such colorings that are mutually inequivalent. For trees with finite we obtain the bound for the existence of such a coloring, and show that if is infinite. Similarly, we prove that for all tree-like graphs with . For rayless or one-ended trees with arbitrarily large infinite , we prove directly that if .
Cite
@article{arxiv.2506.14402,
title = {Distinguishing finite and infinite trees of arbitrary cardinality},
author = {Wilfried Imrich and Rafał Kalinowski and Florian Lehner and Monika Pilśniak and Marcin Stawiski},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2506.14402},
year = {2025}
}