Distinguishing infinite graphs with bounded degrees

Florian Lehner, Monika Pilsniak*, Marcin Stawiski

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Abstract

Call a colouring of a graph distinguishing if the only colour preserving automorphism is the identity. A conjecture of Tucker states that if every automorphism of a connected graph (Formula presented.) moves infinitely many vertices, then there is a distinguishing 2-colouring. We confirm this conjecture for graphs with maximum degree (Formula presented.). Furthermore, using similar techniques we show that if an infinite graph has maximum degree (Formula presented.), then it admits a distinguishing colouring with (Formula presented.) colours. This bound is sharp.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)52-65
Number of pages14
JournalJournal of Graph Theory
Volume101
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Sept 2022

Keywords

  • asymmetric colouring
  • distinguishing number

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics
  • Geometry and Topology

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