Reconstructing a graph from its Bell colouring graph
Abstract
The Bell colouring graph of a graph is the graph whose vertices are the partitions of the vertex set of into independent sets, with an edge between two partitions if and only if one can be obtained from the other by changing the part of a single vertex of . Given a natural number , the Bell -colouring graph and the upper-Bell -colouring graph are the induced subgraphs of consisting of all partitions with at most parts and at least parts, respectively. We determine precisely when two finite graphs have isomorphic Bell colouring graphs. In particular, we show that every -vertex graph with no vertices of degree is uniquely determined by its Bell colouring graph , and by its upper-Bell colouring graph if . We also show that every -vertex graph with maximum degree is uniquely determined by its Bell -colouring graph if . By taking graph complements, each of these results can be restated in terms of partitions into cliques.
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@article{arxiv.2604.13005,
title = {Reconstructing a graph from its Bell colouring graph},
author = {Brian Hearn},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2604.13005},
year = {2026}
}
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34 pages, 5 figures