Distinguishing partitions of complete multipartite graphs
Abstract
A \textit{distinguishing partition} of a group $X$ with automorphism group ${aut}(X)$ is a partition of $X$ that is fixed by no nontrivial element of ${aut}(X)$. In the event that $X$ is a complete multipartite graph with its automorphism group, the existence of a distinguishing partition is equivalent to the existence of an asymmetric hypergraph with prescribed edge sizes. An asymptotic result is proven on the existence of a distinguishing partition when $X$ is a complete multipartite graph with $m_1$ parts of size $n_1$ and $m_2$ parts of size $n_2$ for small $n_1$, $m_2$ and large $m_1$, $n_2$. A key tool in making the estimate is counting the number of trees of particular classes.
- Publication:
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arXiv e-prints
- Pub Date:
- January 2013
- DOI:
- 10.48550/arXiv.1301.4583
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1301.4583
- Bibcode:
- 2013arXiv1301.4583G
- Keywords:
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- Mathematics - Combinatorics;
- 05C25;
- 05C65;
- 20B25