The adjacent vertex distinguishing total chromatic number

The adjacent vertex-distinguishing total chromatic number of 1-tree

Let G = (V (G), E(G)) be a simple graph and T (G) be the set of vertices and edges of G. Let C be a k−color set. A (proper) total k−coloring f of G is a function f : T (G) −→ C such that no adjacent or incident elements of T (G) receive the same color. For any u ∈ V (G), denote C(u) = {f(u)} ∪ {f(uv)|uv ∈ E(G)}. The total k−coloring f of G is called the adjacent vertex-distinguishing if C(u) 6=...

Delta+300 is a bound on the adjacent vertex distinguishing edge chromatic number

The Distinguishing Chromatic Number

In this paper we define and study the distinguishing chromatic number, χD(G), of a graph G, building on the work of Albertson and Collins who studied the distinguishing number. We find χD(G) for various families of graphs and characterize those graphs with χD(G) = |V (G)|, and those trees with the maximum chromatic distingushing number for trees. We prove analogs of Brooks’ Theorem for both the...

A note on adjacent vertex distinguishing colorings number of graphs

For an assignment of numbers to the vertices of a graph, let S[u] be the sum of the labels of all the vertices in the closed neighborhood of u, for a vertex u. Such an assignment is called closed distinguishing if S[u] 6= S[v] for any two adjacent vertices u and v unless the closed neighborhoods of u and v coincide. In this note we investigate dis[G], the smallest integer k such that there is a...

Adjacent Vertex Distinguishing Edge-Colorings

An adjacent vertex distinguishing edge-coloring of a simple graph G is a proper edge-coloring of G such that no pair of adjacent vertices meets the same set of colors. The minimum number of colors χa(G) required to give G an adjacent vertex distinguishing coloring is studied for graphs with no isolated edge. We prove χa(G) ≤ 5 for such graphs with maximum degree Δ(G) = 3 and prove χa(G) ≤ Δ(G) ...