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Breaking graph symmetries by edge colourings

Combinatorics 2016-04-28 v1

Abstract

The distinguishing index D(G)D'(G) of a graph GG 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 countable graph GG moves infinitely many edges, then D(G)2D'(G) \leq 2. We prove this conjecture.

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@article{arxiv.1604.08144,
  title  = {Breaking graph symmetries by edge colourings},
  author = {Florian Lehner},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1604.08144},
  year   = {2016}
}
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