Title
Endomorphism Breaking in Graphs.
Abstract
We introduce the endomorphism distinguishing number D-e(G) of a graph G as the least cardinal d such that G has a vertex coloring with d colors that is only preserved by the trivial endomorphism. This generalizes the notion of the distinguishing number D(G) of a graph G, which is defined for automorphisms instead of endomorphisms. As the number of endomorphisms can vastly exceed the number of automorphisms, the new concept opens challenging problems, several of which are presented here. In particular, we investigate relationships between D-e(G) and the endomorphism motion of a graph G, that is, the least possible number of vertices moved by a nontrivial endomorphism of G. Moreover, we extend numerous results about the distinguishing number of finite and infinite graphs to the endomorphism distinguishing number.
Year
Venue
Keywords
2014
ELECTRONIC JOURNAL OF COMBINATORICS
distinguishing number,endomorphisms,infinite graphs
Field
DocType
Volume
Discrete mathematics,Graph,Combinatorics,Vertex (geometry),Automorphism,Mathematics,Endomorphism
Journal
21.0
Issue
ISSN
Citations 
1.0
1077-8926
6
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.79
9
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Wilfried Imrich144453.81
Rafał Kalinowski24810.75
Florian Lehner3217.24
Monika Pilsniak4295.42