scholarly journals Well‐quasi‐ordering and finite distinguishing number

2019 ◽  
Vol 95 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-26 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aistis Atminas ◽  
Robert Brignall
Keyword(s):  
Distinguishing Number ◽  
Quasi Ordering

Well-quasi-ordering hereditarily finite sets

2013 ◽  
Vol 90 (6) ◽  
pp. 1278-1291 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alberto Policriti ◽  
Alexandru I. Tomescu
Keyword(s):  
Finite Sets ◽  
Quasi Ordering

scholarly journals The distinguishing number of Cartesian products of complete graphs

2008 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 922-929 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wilfried Imrich ◽  
Janja Jerebic ◽  
Sandi Klavžar
Keyword(s):  
Complete Graphs ◽  
Cartesian Products ◽  
Distinguishing Number

scholarly journals Stabilizing the distinguishing number of a graph

2018 ◽  
Vol 46 (12) ◽  
pp. 5460-5468
Author(s):  
Saeid Alikhani ◽  
Samaneh Soltani
Keyword(s):  
Distinguishing Number

scholarly journals On Well-quasi-ordering Finite Sequences

1989 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 227-230 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ulrich Bollerhoff
Keyword(s):  
Finite Sequences ◽  
Quasi Ordering

scholarly journals Bounding the Distinguishing Number of Infinite Graphs and Permutation Groups

10.37236/3046 ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Simon M. Smith ◽  
Mark E. Watkins
Keyword(s):  
Connected Graph ◽  
Automorphism Groups ◽  
Cardinal Number ◽  
Infinite Graph ◽  
Infinite Graphs ◽  
Finite Radius ◽  
Locally Finite ◽  
Distinguishing Number ◽  
Identity Permutation ◽  
Imprimitive Group

A group of permutations $G$ of a set $V$ is $k$-distinguishable if there exists a partition of $V$ into $k$ cells such that only the identity permutation in $G$ fixes setwise all of the cells of the partition. The least cardinal number $k$ such that $(G,V)$ is $k$-distinguishable is its distinguishing number $D(G,V)$. In particular, a graph $\Gamma$ is $k$-distinguishable if its automorphism group $\rm{Aut}(\Gamma)$ satisfies $D(\rm{Aut}(\Gamma),V\Gamma)\leq k$.Various results in the literature demonstrate that when an infinite graph fails to have some property, then often some finite subgraph is similarly deficient. In this paper we show that whenever an infinite connected graph $\Gamma$ is not $k$-distinguishable (for a given cardinal $k$), then it contains a ball of finite radius whose distinguishing number is at least $k$. Moreover, this lower bound cannot be sharpened, since for any integer $k \geq 3$ there exists an infinite, locally finite, connected graph $\Gamma$ that is not $k$-distinguishable but in which every ball of finite radius is $k$-distinguishable.In the second half of this paper we show that a large distinguishing number for an imprimitive group $G$ is traceable to a high distinguishing number either of a block of imprimitivity or of the induced action by $G$ on the corresponding system of imprimitivity. An immediate application is to automorphism groups of infinite imprimitive graphs. These results are companion to the study of the distinguishing number of infinite primitive groups and graphs in a previous paper by the authors together with T. W. Tucker.

scholarly journals Distinguishability of Locally Finite Trees

10.37236/947 ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark E. Watkins ◽  
Xiangqian Zhou
Keyword(s):  
Positive Integer ◽  
Chromatic Number ◽  
Inverse Image ◽  
Vertex Coloring ◽  
Finite Tree ◽  
Locally Finite ◽  
Distinguishing Number ◽  
Nonidentity Element ◽  
Locally Countable ◽  
Proper Vertex

The distinguishing number $\Delta(X)$ of a graph $X$ is the least positive integer $n$ for which there exists a function $f:V(X)\to\{0,1,2,\cdots,n-1\}$ such that no nonidentity element of $\hbox{Aut}(X)$ fixes (setwise) every inverse image $f^{-1}(k)$, $k\in\{0,1,2,\cdots,n-1\}$. All infinite, locally finite trees without pendant vertices are shown to be 2-distinguishable. A proof is indicated that extends 2-distinguishability to locally countable trees without pendant vertices. It is shown that every infinite, locally finite tree $T$ with finite distinguishing number contains a finite subtree $J$ such that $\Delta(J)=\Delta(T)$. Analogous results are obtained for the distinguishing chromatic number, namely the least positive integer $n$ such that the function $f$ is also a proper vertex-coloring.

scholarly journals Symmetry Breaking in Graphs

10.37236/1242 ◽  
1996 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael O. Albertson ◽  
Karen L. Collins
Keyword(s):  
Symmetry Breaking ◽  
Complete Graph ◽  
Subject Classification ◽  
Distinguishing Number

A labeling of the vertices of a graph G, $\phi :V(G) \rightarrow \{1,\ldots,r\}$, is said to be $r$-distinguishing provided no automorphism of the graph preserves all of the vertex labels. The distinguishing number of a graph G, denoted by $D(G)$, is the minimum $r$ such that $G$ has an $r$-distinguishing labeling. The distinguishing number of the complete graph on $t$ vertices is $t$. In contrast, we prove (i) given any group $\Gamma$, there is a graph $G$ such that $Aut(G) \cong \Gamma$ and $D(G)= 2$; (ii) $D(G) = O(log(|Aut(G)|))$; (iii) if $Aut(G)$ is abelian, then $D(G) \leq 2$; (iv) if $Aut(G)$ is dihedral, then $D(G) \leq 3$; and (v) If $Aut(G) \cong S_4$, then either $D(G) = 2$ or $D(G) = 4$. Mathematics Subject Classification 05C,20B,20F,68R

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