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Trees with distinguishing index equal distinguishing number plus one

Combinatorics 2017-08-11 v4

Abstract

The distinguishing number (index) D(G)D(G) (D(G)D'(G)) of a graph GG is the least integer dd such that GG has an vertex (edge) labeling with dd labels that is preserved only by the trivial automorphism. It is known that for every graph GG we have D(G)D(G)+1D'(G) \leq D(G) + 1. In this note we characterize trees for which this inequality is sharp. We also show that if GG is a connected unicyclic graph, then D(G)=D(G)D'(G) = D(G).

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@article{arxiv.1608.03501,
  title  = {Trees with distinguishing index equal distinguishing number plus one},
  author = {Saeid Alikhani and Sandi Klavžar and Florian Lehner and Samaneh Soltani},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1608.03501},
  year   = {2017}
}

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9 pages