Distinguishing finite and infinite trees of arbitrary cardinality
Let $G$ be a finite or infinite graph and $m(G)$ the minimum number of vertices moved by the non-identity automorphisms of $G$. We are interested in bounds on the supremum $\Delta(G)$ of the degrees of the vertices of $G$ that assure the existence of vertex colorings of $G${\w ,} with two colors{\w ,} that are preserved only by the identity automorphism, and, in particular, in the number $a(G)$ of such colorings that are mutually inequivalent. For trees $T$ with finite $m(T)$ we obtain the bound $\Delta(T)\leq2^{m(T)/2}$ for the existence of such a coloring, and show that $a(T)= 2^{|T|}$ if $T$ is infinite. Similarly, we prove that $a(G) = 2^{|G|}$ for all tree-like graphs $G$ with $\Delta(G)\le 2^{\aleph_0}$. For rayless or one-ended trees $T$ with arbitrarily large infinite $m(T)$, we prove directly that $a(T)= 2^{|T|}$ if $\Delta(T)\le 2^{m(T)}$.
Authors
- Florian Lehner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0599-2390)
- Wilfried Imrich (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0475-9335)
- Marcin Stawiski (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2554-1754)
- Monika Pilśniak (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3734-7230)
- Rafał Kalinowski (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3021-7433)
Institutions
- Jagiellonian University (PL)
- University of Auckland (NZ)
- Montanuniversität Leoben (AT)
- AGH University of Krakow (PL)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Ars Mathematica Contemporanea
- Published
- 2026-03-02
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.26493/1855-3974.3485.2c5
- Primary Topic
- Advanced Graph Theory Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00