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Distinguishing graphs with infinite motion and nonlinear growth

Combinatorics 2013-11-19 v1

Abstract

The distinguishing number D(G)\operatorname D(G) of a graph GG is the least cardinal dd such that GG has a labeling with dd labels which is only preserved by the trivial automorphism. We show that the distinguishing number of infinite, locally finite, connected graphs GG with infinite motion and growth o(n2log2n)o \left(\frac{n^2}{\log_2 n} \right) is either 11 or 22, which proves the Infinite Motion Conjecture of Tom Tucker for this type of graphs. The same holds true for graphs with countably many ends that do not grow too fast. We also show that graphs GG of arbitrary cardinality are 22-distinguishable if every nontrivial automorphism moves at least uncountably many vertices m(G)m(G), where m(G)Aut(G)m(G) \geq \left\vert\operatorname{Aut}(G)\right\vert. This extends a result of Imrich et al. to graphs with automorphism groups of arbitrary cardinality.

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@article{arxiv.1311.4372,
  title  = {Distinguishing graphs with infinite motion and nonlinear growth},
  author = {Johannes Cuno and Wilfried Imrich and Florian Lehner},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1311.4372},
  year   = {2013}
}

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15 pages, 3 figures