An upper bound on the distinguishing index of graphs with minimum degree at least two

Document Type: Research Paper

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Department of Mathematics, Yazd University, 89195-741, Yazd, Iran

10.29252/as.2020.1793

Abstract

The distinguishing index of a simple graph $G$, denoted by $D'(G)$, is the least number of labels in an edge labeling of $G$ not preserved by any non-trivial automorphism.  We prove that for a connected graph $G$ with maximum degree $\Delta$, if  the minimum degree is at least two, then $D'(G)\leq \lceil \sqrt{\Delta }\rceil +1$. We also present graphs $G$ for which $D'(G)\leq \lceil \sqrt{\Delta (G)}\rceil$.

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