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We survey results on the pebbling numbers of graphs as well as their historical connection with a number-theoretic question of Erd\H os and Lemke. We also present new results on two probabilistic pebbling considerations, first the random…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Glenn Hurlbert

Graph pebbling considers the problem of transforming configurations of discrete pebbles to certain target configurations on the vertices of a graph, using the so-called pebbling move. This paper provides counterexamples to a monotonicity…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2011-07-26 Johan Björklund , Cecilia Holmgren

Graph pebbling is a network model for studying whether or not a given supply of discrete pebbles can satisfy a given demand via pebbling moves. A pebbling move across an edge of a graph takes two pebbles from one endpoint and places one…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2015-03-18 Glenn Hurlbert

Graph pebbling is a network optimization model for satisfying vertex demands with vertex supplies (called pebbles), with partial loss of pebbles in transit. The pebbling number of a demand in a graph is the smallest number for which every…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-12-22 Glenn Hurlbert , Essak Seddiq

Graph pebbling is a combinatorial game played on an undirected graph with an initial configuration of pebbles. A pebbling move consists of removing two pebbles from one vertex and placing one pebble on an adjacent vertex. The pebbling…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-12-21 Dominic Flocco , Jonad Pulaj , Carl Yerger

Graph pebbling is a network optimization model for transporting discrete resources that are consumed in transit: the movement of two pebbles across an edge consumes one of the pebbles. The pebbling number of a graph is the fewest number of…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2012-11-20 Liliana Alcón , Marisa Gutierrez , Glenn Hurlbert

Graph pebbling is the study of moving discrete pebbles from certain initial distributions on the vertices of a graph to various target distributions via pebbling moves. A pebbling move removes two pebbles from a vertex and places one pebble…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2011-03-24 David S. Herscovici , Benjamin D. Hester , Glenn H. Hurlbert

The subject of graph pebbling has seen dramatic growth recently, both in the number of publications and in the breadth of variations and applications. Here we update the reader on the many developments that have occurred since the original…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Glenn Hurlbert

A pebbling move on a weighted graph removes some pebbles at a vertex and adds one pebble at an adjacent vertex. The number of pebbles removed is the weight of the edge connecting the vertices. A vertex is reachable from a pebble…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2009-04-13 Nandor Sieben

A sequence of elements of a finite group G is called a zero-sum sequence if it sums to the identity of G. The study of zero-sum sequences has a long history with many important applications in number theory and group theory. In 1989…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Shawn Elldge , Glenn H. Hurlbert

We explore the complexity of computing the optimal pebbling number and pebbling number of a graph. We show that deciding whether the optimal pebbling number of G is at most k is NP-complete and deciding whether the pebbling number of G is…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2007-05-23 K. Milans , B. Clark

Given a configuration of indistinguishable pebbles on the vertices of a graph, a pebbling move consists of removing two pebbles from one vertex and placing one pebble on an adjacent vertex. The pebbling number of a graph is the least…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-12-02 Jonad Pulaj , Kenan Wood , Carl Yerger

Graph Pebbling is a well-studied single-player game on graphs. We introduce the game of Blocking Pebbles which adapts Graph Pebbling into a two-player strategy game in order to examine it within the context of Combinatorial Game Theory.…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2017-12-18 Michael Fisher , Craig Tennenhouse

Graph pebbling models the transportation of consumable resources. As two pebbles move across an edge, one reaches its destination while the other is consumed. The $t$-pebbling number is the smallest integer $m$ so that any initially…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2019-03-05 Liliana Alcón , Marisa Gutierrez , Glenn Hurlbert

Given a configuration of pebbles on the vertices of a connected graph $G$, a \emph{pebbling move} removes two pebbles from some vertex and places one pebble on an adjacent vertex. The \emph{pebbling number} of a graph $G$ is the smallest…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2017-06-14 Daniel W. Cranston , Luke Postle , Chenxiao Xue , Carl Yerger

This paper provides a survey of methods, results, and open problems on graph and hypergraph colourings, with a particular emphasis on semi-random `nibble' methods. We also give a detailed sketch of some aspects of the recent proof of the…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-11-17 Dong Yeap Kang , Tom Kelly , Daniela Kühn , Abhishek Methuku , Deryk Osthus

Graph pebbling is a problem in which pebbles are distributed across the vertices of a graph and moved according to a specific rule: two pebbles are removed from a vertex to place one on an adjacent vertex. The goal is to determine the…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2025-05-23 G. A. Bridi , F. L. Marquezino , C. M. H. de Figueiredo

Graph pebbling is a game played on a connected graph G. A player purchases pebbles at a dollar a piece, and hands them to an adversary who distributes them among the vertices of G (called a configuration) and chooses a target vertex r. The…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2008-11-21 D. Curtis , T. Hines , G. Hurlbert , T. Moyer

A pebbling move on a graph consists of taking two pebbles off of one vertex and placing one pebble on an adjacent vertex. In the traditional pebbling problem we try to reach a specified vertex of the graph by a sequence of pebbling moves.…

In graph pegging, we view each vertex of a graph as a hole into which a peg can be placed, with checker-like ``pegging moves'' allowed. Motivated by well-studied questions in graph pebbling, we introduce two pegging quantities. The pegging…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2008-04-08 Geir Helleloid , Madeeha Khalid , David Petrie Moulton , Philip Matchett Wood
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