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We Found the Smallest Non-Autograph

Combinatorics 2015-11-13 v1

Abstract

Suppose that GG is a simple, vertex-labeled graph and that SS is a multiset. Then if there exists a one-to-one mapping between the elements of SS and the vertices of GG, such that edges in GG exist if and only if the absolute difference of the corresponding vertex labels exist in SS, then GG is an \emph{autograph}, and SS is a \emph{signature} for GG. While it is known that many common families are graphs are autographs, and that infinitely many graphs are not autographs, a non-autograph has never been exhibited. In this paper, we identify the smallest non-autograph: a graph with 6 vertices and 11 edges. Furthermore, we demonstrate that the infinite family of graphs on nn vertices consisting of the complement of two non-intersecting cycles contains only non-autographs for n8n \geq 8.

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@article{arxiv.1511.03913,
  title  = {We Found the Smallest Non-Autograph},
  author = {Ben S. Baumer and Yijin Wei and Gary S. Bloom},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1511.03913},
  year   = {2015}
}

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18 pages

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