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Distinguishing Orthogonality Graphs

Combinatorics 2024-06-13 v3

Abstract

A graph GG is said to be dd-distinguishable if there is a labeling of the vertices with dd labels so that only the trivial automorphism preserves the labels. The smallest such dd is the distinguishing number, Dist(GG). A subset of vertices SS is a determining set for GG if every automorphism of GG is uniquely determined by its action on SS. The size of a smallest determining set for GG is called the determining number, Det(GG). The orthogonality graph Ω2k\Omega_{2k} has vertices which are bitstrings of length 2k2k with an edge between two vertices if they differ in precisely kk bits. This paper shows that Det(Ω2k\Omega_{2k}) =22k1= 2^{2k-1} and that if (m2)2k\binom{m}{2} \geq 2k then 2<2< Dist(Ω2k\Omega_{2k}) m\leq m.

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@article{arxiv.2001.00092,
  title  = {Distinguishing Orthogonality Graphs},
  author = {Debra Boutin and Sally Cockburn},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2001.00092},
  year   = {2024}
}

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17 pages, 5 figures

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