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We prove a descriptive version of Brooks's theorem for directed graphs. In particular, we show that, if $D$ is a Borel directed graph on a standard Borel space $X$ such that the maximum degree of each vertex is at most $d \geq 3$, then…

Logic · Mathematics 2026-04-09 Cecelia Higgins

The divisorial gonality of a graph is the minimum degree of a positive rank divisor on that graph. We introduce the multiplicity-free gonality of a graph, which restricts our consideration to divisors that place at most \(1\) chip on each…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-07-28 Frances Dean , Max Everett , Ralph Morrison

An edge-colouring of a graph is distinguishing, if the only automorphism which preserves the colouring is the identity. It has been conjectured that all but finitely many connected, finite, regular graphs admit a distinguishing…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2020-05-11 Florian Lehner , Monika Pilśniak , Marcin Stawiski

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

The scramble number of a graph is an invariant recently developed to aid in the study of divisorial gonality. In this paper we prove that scramble number is NP-hard to compute, also providing a proof that computing gonality is NP-hard even…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-12-09 Marino Echavarria , Max Everett , Robin Huang , Liza Jacoby , Ralph Morrison , Ben Weber

The distinguishing number of a permutation group $G\leqslant\Sym(\Omega)$ is the minimum number of colours needed to colour $\Omega$ in such a way that the only colour preserving element of $G$ is the identity. The distinguishing number of…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-01-23 Lei Chen , Alice Devillers , Luke Morgan , Friedrich Rober

In the theory of divisors on multigraphs, the $r^{th}$ divisorial gonality of a graph is the minimum degree of a rank $r$ divisor on that graph. It was proved by Gijswijt et al. that the first divisorial gonality of a finite graph is…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-08-09 Ralph Morrison , Lucas Tolley

A dissociation set in a graph is a subset of vertices which induces a subgraph with maximum degree at most one. The dissociation number of a graph is the maximum cardinality of its dissociation sets. In this paper, we consider the…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-03-19 Zejun Huang , Jiahui Liu , Chenxi Yang

We show that several dichotomy theorems concerning the second level of the Borel hierarchy are special cases of the $\aleph_0$-dimensional generalization of the open graph dichotomy, which itself follows from the usual proof(s) of the…

Logic · Mathematics 2018-03-09 Raphaël Carroy , Benjamin D. Miller , Dániel T. Soukup

We study the Borel map, which maps infinitely differentiable functions on an interval to the jets of their Taylor coefficients at a given point in the interval. Our main results include a complete description of the image of the Borel map…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2018-01-23 Avner Kiro

The guessing number of a directed graph (digraph), equivalent to the entropy of that digraph, was introduced as a direct criterion on the solvability of a network coding instance. This paper makes two contributions on the guessing number.…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2015-03-17 Maximilien Gadouleau , Soren Riis

In this paper we consider the Borel combinatorics of Schreier graphs of $\mathbb{Z}$-actions with arbitrary finite generating sets. We formulate the Borel combinatorics in terms of existence of Borel equivariant maps from…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-11-03 Su Gao , Yingying Jiang , Tianhao Wang

By Brook's Theorem, every n-vertex graph of maximum degree at most Delta >= 3 and clique number at most Delta is Delta-colorable, and thus it has an independent set of size at least n/Delta. We give an approximate characterization of graphs…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2019-11-05 Zdenek Dvorak , Bernard Lidicky

We give, for each countable ordinal $\xi \geq 1$, an example of a ${\bf\Delta}^0_2$ countable union of Borel rectangles that cannot be decomposed into countably many ${\bf\Pi}^0_\xi$ rectangles. In fact, we provide a graph of a partial…

Logic · Mathematics 2013-08-22 Dominique Lecomte , Miroslav Zeleny

Let k be a natural number. We introduce k-threshold graphs. We show that there exists an O(n^3) algorithm for the recognition of k-threshold graphs for each natural number k. k-Threshold graphs are characterized by a finite collection of…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2015-03-19 Ling-Ju Hung , Ton Kloks , Fernando Villaamil

We define a new graph invariant called the scramble number. We show that the scramble number of a graph is a lower bound for the gonality and an upper bound for the treewidth. Unlike the treewidth, the scramble number is not minor monotone,…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-11-08 Michael Harp , Elijah Jackson , David Jensen , Noah Speeter

An isolating set in a graph is a set $X$ of vertices such that every edge of the graph is incident with a vertex of $X$ or its neighborhood. The isolation number of a graph, or equivalently the vertex-edge domination number, is the minimum…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-05-22 Geoffrey Boyer , Wayne Goddard

We consider infinite graphs. The distinguishing number $D(G)$ of a graph $G$ is the minimum number of colours in a vertex colouring of $G$ that is preserved only by the trivial automorphism. An analogous invariant for edge colourings is…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-05-18 Wilfried Imrich , Rafał Kalinowski , Monika Pilśniak , Mohammad H. Shekarriz

We show that the set of locally finite Borel graphs with finite Borel asymptotic dimension is $\mathbf{\Sigma}^1_2$-complete. The result is based on a combinatorial characterization of finite Borel asymptotic dimension for graphs generated…

Logic · Mathematics 2026-03-04 Jan Grebík , Cecelia Higgins

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
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