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We introduce the {\it endomorphism distinguishing number} $D_e(G)$ of a graph $G$ as the least cardinal $d$ such that $G$ has a vertex coloring with $d$ colors that is only preserved by the trivial endomorphism. This generalizes the notion…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2013-11-28 Wilfried Imrich , Rafał Kalinowski , Florian Lehner , Monika Pilśniak

A vertex coloring of a graph $G$ is distinguishing if non-identity automorphisms do not preserve it. The distinguishing number, $D(G)$, is the minimum number of colors required for such a coloring and the distinguishing threshold,…

The power graph $\Gamma_G$ of a finite group $G$ is the graph with the vertex set $G$, where two distinct elements are adjacent if one is a power of the other. An $L(2, 1)$-labeling of a graph $\Gamma$ is an assignment of labels from…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2017-08-01 Xuanlong Ma , Min Feng , Kaishun Wang

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. The strong product $G\boxtimes…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2017-03-07 Samaneh Soltani , Saeid Alikhani

The operation of switching a graph $\Gamma$ with respect to a subset $X$ of the vertex set interchanges edges and non-edges between $X$ and its complement, leaving the rest of the graph unchanged. This is an equivalence relation on the set…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2015-02-19 Peter J. Cameron , Pablo Spiga

For a group $G$, the generating graph $\Gamma(G)$ is defined as the graph with the vertex set $G$, and any two distinct vertices of $\Gamma(G)$ are adjacent if they generate $G$. In this paper, we study the generating graph of $D_n,$ where…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-01-22 A. Satyanarayana Reddy , Kavita Samant

The distinguishing index $D'(G)$ of a graph $G$ is the least number of colours needed in an edge colouring which is not preserved by any non-trivial automorphism. Broere and Pil\'sniak conjectured that if every non-trivial automorphism of a…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2016-04-28 Florian Lehner

Let $\Gamma$ be a simple undirected graph on a finite vertex set and let $A$ be its adjacency matrix. Then $\Gamma$ is {\it singular} if $A$ is singular. The problem of characterising singular graphs is easy to state but very difficult to…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2020-06-24 Ali Sltan Ali AL-Tarimshawy , J. Siemons

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. For any $n \in \mathbb{N}$,…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2016-04-14 Saeid Alikhani , Samaneh Soltani

The distinguishing index of a graph $G$, denoted by $D'(G)$, is the least number of labels in an edge labeling of $G$ not preserved by any non-trivial automorphism. The distinguishing chromatic index $\chi'_D (G)$ of a graph $G$ is the…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2017-12-12 Saeid Alikhani , Samaneh Soltani

Let $\Gamma=\Gamma(A)$ denote a simple strongly connected digraph with vertex set $X$, diameter $D$, and let $\{A_0,A:=A_1,A_2,\ldots,A_D\}$ denote the set of distance-$i$ matrices of $\Gamma$. Let $\{R_i\}_{i=0}^D$ denote a partition of…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-04-08 Giusy Monzillo , Safet Penić

A graph $G$ is $D$-distinguishable if there is a labeling of its vertices with $D$ labels such that the only automorphism of $G$ which preserves the labeling is the identity. The distinguishing number of $G$ is the minimum value $D$ for…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-03-26 Calum Buchanan , Peter Dankelmann , Isabel Harris , Paul Horn , K. E. Perry , Emily Rivett-Carnac

The Gruenberg-Kegel graph (or the prime graph) $\Gamma(G)$ of a finite group $G$ is the graph whose vertex set is the set of prime divisors of $|G|$ and in which two distinct vertices $r$ and $s$ are adjacent if and only if there exists an…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2025-04-22 Mingzhu Chen , Natalia V. Maslova , Marianna R. Zinov'eva

Let $\Gamma$ be a graph with diameter at least two. Then $\Gamma$ is said to be $1$-homogeneous (in the sense of Nomura) whenever for every pair of adjacent vertices $x$ and $y$ in $\Gamma$, the distance partition of the vertex set of…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-01-15 Jack H. Koolen , Mamoon Abdullah , Brhane Gebremichel , Jae-Ho Lee

The co-maximal subgroup graph $\Gamma(G)$ of a group $G$ is a graph whose vertices are non-trivial proper subgroups of $G$ and two vertices $H$ and $K$ are adjacent if $HK=G$. In this paper, we continue the study of $\Gamma(G)$, especially…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2023-10-20 Angsuman Das , Manideepa Saha , Saba Al-Kaseasbeh

A finite non-abelian group $H$ is hamiltonian if all of its subgroups are normal. We compute the minimal orders of graphs having a hamiltonian group as their automorphism group. The fixing number of a graph $\Gamma$ is the minimum…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-01-30 Kirti Sahu , Ranjit Mehatari

Let $\Gamma$ be a simple connect graph on a finite vertex set $V$ and let $A$ be its adjacency matrix. Then $\Gamma$ is said to be \textit{singular} if and only if $0$ is an eigenvalue of $A.$ The \textit{nullity (singularity)} of $\Gamma,$…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2018-10-09 Ali Sltan Ali AL-Tarimshawy

A graph $G$ is said to be $k$-distinguishable if the vertex set can be colored using $k$ colors such that no non-trivial automorphism fixes every color class, and the distinguishing number $D(G)$ is the least integer $k$ for which $G$ is…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2016-02-12 Niranjan Balachandran , Sajith Padinhatteeri

Let $G$ be a finite group, let $\pi(G)$ be the set of prime divisors of $|G|$ and let $\Gamma(G)$ be the prime graph of $G$. This graph has vertex set $\pi(G)$, and two vertices $r$ and $s$ are adjacent if and only if $G$ contains an…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2019-02-20 Timothy C. Burness , Elisa Covato

The 2-domination number $\gamma_2(G)$ of a graph $G$ is the minimum cardinality of a set $ D \subseteq V(G) $ for which every vertex outside $ D $ is adjacent to at least two vertices in $ D $. Clearly, $ \gamma_2(G) $ cannot be smaller…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-01-05 Gülnaz Boruzanlı Ekinci , Csilla Bujtás