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We revisit the problem of counting the number of copies of a fixed graph in a random graph or multigraph, including the case of constrained degrees. Our approach relies heavily on analytic combinatorics and on the notion of patchwork to…

The distinguishing index $D'(G)$ of a graph $G$ is the least number of colors necessary to obtain an edge coloring of $G$ that is preserved only by the trivial automorphism. We show that if $G$ is a connected $\alpha$-regular graph for some…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-08-18 Marcin Stawiski , Trevor M. Wilson

The Borsuk problem asks for the smallest number of subsets with strictly smaller diameters into which any bounded set in the $d$-dimensional space can be decomposed. It is a classical problem in combinatorial geometry that has been subject…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-04-14 José Cáceres , Delia Garijo , Alberto Márquez , Rodrigo I. Silveira

The $k$-dominating graph $D_k(G)$ of a graph $G$ is defined on the vertex set consisting of dominating sets of $G$ with cardinality at most $k$, two such sets being adjacent if they differ by either adding or deleting a single vertex. A…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2016-04-26 Saeid Alikhani , Davood Fatehi , Sandi Klavžar

Let $G$ be a group. The power graph of $G$ is a graph with vertex set $G$ in which two distinct elements $x,y$ are adjacent if one of them is a power of the other. We characterize all groups whose power graphs have finite independence…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2019-10-16 P. J. Cameron , S. H. Jafari

The distinguishing number $D(G)$ of a graph $G$ is the least integer $d$ such that $G$ has a vertex labeling with $d$ labels that is preserved only by a trivial automorphism. In this paper we characterize all trees with radius at most three…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2016-11-29 Saeid Alikhani , Samaneh Soltani

In 2006 Qian [J. Qian, Degree complete graphs; Discrete Mathematics 306 (2006), 533--537] introduced the concept of degree complete graphs for labeled graphs. He also gave a characterization of these graphs in terms of two forbidden…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2017-06-15 Sebastian Milz

A set of vertices $S$ is a \emph{determining set} of a graph $G$ if every automorphism of $G$ is uniquely determined by its action on $S$. The \emph{determining number} of $G$ is the minimum cardinality of a determining set of $G$. This…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2011-11-15 J. Cáceres , D. Garijo , A. González , A. Márquez , M. L. Puertas

A graph that is completely determined by its degree sequence is called a unigraph. In 2000, Regina Tyshkevich published one of the most important papers on unigraphs. There are two parts to the paper: a decomposition theorem that describes…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-01-06 Christine T. Cheng , Chelsea Ann Lambert

For a graph $G$, its $k$-th power $G^k$ is constructed by placing an edge between two vertices if they are within distance $k$ of each other. The $k$-independence number $\alpha_k(G)$ is defined as the independence number of $G^k$. By using…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-11-15 Aida Abiad , Jiang Zhou

A distinguishing index of a (di)graph is the minimum number of colours in an edge (or arc) colouring such that the identity is the only automorphism that preserves that colouring. We investigate the minimum and maximum value of the…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-02-27 Aleksandra Gorzkowska , Jakub Kwaśny

A graph is called dominating if its vertices can be labelled with integers in such a way that for every function f: omega-> omega the graph contains a ray whose sequence of labels eventually exceeds f. We obtain a characterization of these…

Logic · Mathematics 2016-09-06 Reinhard Diestel , Saharon Shelah , Juris Steprāns

There are many concepts of signed graph coloring which are defined by assigning colors to the vertices of the graphs. These concepts usually differ in the number of self-inverse colors used. We introduce a unifying concept for this kind of…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-11-07 Chiara Cappello , Eckhard Steffen

The distinguishing chromatic number of a graph $G$ is the smallest number of colors needed to properly color the vertices of $G$ so that the trivial automorphism is the only symmetry of $G$ that preserves the coloring. We investigate the…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-03-27 Michael D. Barrus , Jean Guillaume , Benjamin Lantz

The distinguishing number (index) $D(G)$ ($D'(G)$) of a graph $G$ is the least integer $d$ such that $G$ has an vertex labeling (edge labeling) with $d$ labels that is preserved only by a trivial automorphism. A graphoidal cover of $G$ is a…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2017-08-22 Saeid Alikhani , Samaneh Soltani

The Difference graph $\mathcal{D}(G)$ of a finite group $G$ is the difference of the enhanced power graph $\mathcal{P}_{E}(G)$ and the power graph $\mathcal{P}(G)$ with all the isolated vertices removed. In this paper, we characterize the…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2026-02-17 Manisha , Parveen , Jitender Kumar

Symmetry is a key feature observed in nature (from flowers and leaves, to butterflies and birds) and in human-made objects (from paintings and sculptures, to manufactured objects and architectural design). Rotational, translational, and…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-08-28 Felice De Luca , Md Iqbal Hossain , Stephen Kobourov

The concept of domination in graphs plays a central role in understanding structural properties and applications in network theory. In this study, we focus on the paired disjunctive domination number in the context of middle graphs, a…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2025-12-19 Hande Tuncel Golpek , Zeliha Kartal Yildiz , Aysun Aytac

The concept of graph compositions is related to several number theoretic concepts, including partitions of positive integers and the cardinality of the power set of finite sets. This paper examines graph compositions where the total number…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2016-02-23 Todd Tichenor

The distinguishing number $D(G)$ of a graph $G$ is the smallest number of colors that is needed to color $G$ such that the only color preserving automorphism is the identity. We give a complete classification for all connected graphs $G$ of…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2017-09-19 Svenja Hüning , Wilfried Imrich , Judith Kloas , Hannah Schreiber , Thomas Tucker