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The distinguishing index of a simple 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. It was conjectured by Pil\'sniak (2015) that for any 2-connected…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2017-02-14 Saeid Alikhani , Samaneh Soltani

The Gruenberg-Kegel 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 element of order $rs$…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2023-02-01 Natalia V. Maslova , Viktor V. Panshin , Alexey M. Staroletov

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. In this paper we study the…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2017-02-08 Saeid Alikhani , Samaneh Soltani

Let $\Gamma$ be a {Conway 99-graph}, that is, a strongly regular graph with parameters $(99,14,1,2)$. In Makhnev and Minakova (On automorphisms of strongly regular graphs with parameters $\lambda =1$, $\mu= 2$, Discrete Math.\ Appl.\ 14 (2)…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-08-08 Patrick G. Cesarz , Andrew J. Woldar

The distinguishing number of a graph $G$, denoted $D(G)$, is the minimum number of colors needed to produce a coloring of the vertices of $G$ so that every nontrivial isomorphism interchanges vertices of different colors. A list assignment…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2017-07-07 Michael Ferrara , Zoltan Furedi , Sogol Jahanbekam , Paul Wenger

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

For a graph $G$, the $\gamma$-graph of $G$, $G(\gamma)$, is the graph whose vertices correspond to the minimum dominating sets of $G$, and where two vertices of $G(\gamma)$ are adjacent if and only if their corresponding dominating sets in…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2017-07-10 C. M. Mynhardt , L. E. Teshima

Let $G=(V,E)$ be a simple graph. A dominating set of $G$ is a subset $D\subseteq V$ such that every vertex not in $D$ is adjacent to at least one vertex in $D$. The cardinality of a smallest dominating set of $G$, denoted by $\gamma(G)$, is…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-01-26 Saeid Alikhani , Maryam Safazadeh , Nima Ghanbari

The distinguishing number $D(G)$ of a graph $G$ is the smallest number of colors that is needed to color the vertices of $G$ such that the only color preserving automorphism is the identity. For infinite graphs $D(G)$ is bounded by the…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2018-10-05 Svenja Hüning , Wilfried Imrich , Judith Kloas , Hannah Schreiber , Thomas W. Tucker

Let $\delta$ and $\Delta$ be the minimum and the maximum degree of the vertices of a simple connected graph $G$, respectively. The distinguishing index of a graph $G$, denoted by $D'(G)$, is the least number of labels in an edge labeling of…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2017-05-17 Saeid Alikhani , Samaneh Soltani

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 $\gamma$-graph of a graph $G$ is the graph whose vertices are labelled by the minimum dominating sets of $G$, in which two vertices are adjacent when their corresponding minimum dominating sets (each of size $\gamma(G)$) intersect in a…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2020-04-06 Matt DeVos , Adam Dyck , Jonathan Jedwab , Samuel Simon

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 neighbourhood corona of…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2016-06-14 Saeid Alikhani , Samaneh Soltani

The Gruenberg-Kegel graph $\Gamma(G)$ associated with a finite group $G$ has as vertices the prime divisors of $|G|$, with an edge from $p$ to $q$ if and only if $G$ contains an element of order $pq$. This graph has been the subject of much…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2023-02-01 Peter J. Cameron , Natalia V. Maslova

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. We examine the effects on…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2016-05-24 Saeid Alikhani , Samaneh Soltani

A vertex coloring is called distinguishing if the identity is the only automorphism that can preserve it. The distinguishing threshold $\theta(G)$ of a graph $G$ is the minimum number of colors $k$ required that any arbitrary $k$-coloring…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-02-09 Saeid Alikhani , Mohammad Hadi Shekarriz

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

The divisibility graph $D(G)$ for a finite group $G$ is a graph with vertex set $cs~(G)\setminus\{1\}$ where $cs~(G)$ is the set of conjugacy class sizes of $G$. Two vertices $a$ and $b$ are adjacent whenever $a$ divides $b$ or $b$ divides…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2014-07-17 Adeleh Abdolghafourian , Mohammad A. Iranmanesh

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 co-normal product $G\star…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2017-07-21 Saeid Alikhani , Samaneh Soltani

The cyclic graph $\Gamma(S)$ of a semigroup $S$ is the simple graph whose vertex set is $S$ and two vertices $x, y$ are adjacent if the subsemigroup generated by $x$ and $y$ is monogenic. In this paper, we classify the semigroup $S$ such…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2021-10-04 Sandeep Dalal , Jitender Kumar , Siddharth Singh