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Neighbour sum distinguishing edge-weightings with local constraints

Discrete Mathematics 2026-04-17 v2 Combinatorics

Abstract

A kk-edge-weighting of GG is a mapping ω:E(G){1,,k}\omega:E(G)\longrightarrow \{1,\ldots,k\}. The edge-weighting of GG naturally induces a vertex-colouring σω:V(G)N\sigma_{\omega}:V(G)\longrightarrow \mathbb{N} given byσω(v)=uNG(v)ω(vu)\sigma_{\omega}(v)=\sum_{u\in N_G(v)}\omega(vu) for every vV(G)v\in V(G). The edge-weighting ω\omega is neighbour sum distinguishing if it yields a proper vertex-colouring σω\sigma_{\omega}, \emph{i.e.}, σω(u)σω(v)\sigma_{\omega}(u)\neq \sigma_{\omega}(v) for every edge uvuv of GG.We investigate a neighbour sum distinguishing edge-weighting with local constraints, namely, we assume that the set of edges incident to a vertex of large degree is not monochromatic. A graph is nice if it has no components isomorphic to K2K_2. We prove that every nice graph with maximum degree at most~5 admits a neighbour sum distinguishing (Δ(G)+2)(\Delta(G)+2)-edge-weighting such that all the vertices of degree at least~2 are incident with at least two edges of different weights. Furthermore, we prove that every nice graph admits a neighbour sum distinguishing 77-edge-weighting such that all the vertices of degree at least~6 are incident with at least two edges of different weights. Finally, we show that nice bipartite graphs admit a neighbour sum distinguishing 66-edge-weighting such that all the vertices of degree at least~2 are incident with at least two edges of different weights.

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@article{arxiv.2203.11521,
  title  = {Neighbour sum distinguishing edge-weightings with local constraints},
  author = {Antoine Dailly and ElÅ1/4bieta Sidorowicz},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2203.11521},
  year   = {2026}
}