Seminar of Graph Theory - Jakub Przybylo (3.12.2020)
Thursday 3.12.2020 at 9:50
Jakub Przybylo (AGH University of Science and Technology, Krakow):
The irregularity strength of regular graphs is usually small
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Abstract:
The irregularity strength of a graph G, s(G), is the least k admitting a [k]-weighting of the edges of G assuring distinct weighted degrees of all vertices, or equivalently the least possible maximal edge multiplicity in an irregular multigraph obtained of G via multiplying some of its edges. The most well-known open problem concerning this graph invariant is the conjecture posed in 1987 by Faudree and Lehel that there exists a constant C such that s(G) is at most n/d+C for each d-regular graph G with n vertices and d at least 2. However, the best published result thus far implies an upper bound 6n/d+C. We shall show that the conjecture of Faudree and Lehel holds asymptotically in the cases when d is neither very small nor very close to n.