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Unexpectedly, a Symmetry on Unlabeled Graphs

Year: 2026

Type: article

Abstract: We exhibit the joint symmetric distribution of the following two parameters on the set of unlabeled simple connected graphs with $n$ vertices. The first parameter is the maximal number of leaves attached to a vertex. The second parameter is the size of the largest set of vertices sharing the same closed neighborhood minus $1$. Apparently, this is the first example of a natural non-trivial equidistribution of graph parameters on unlabeled simple connected graphs with a fixed set of vertices. Our proof is enumerative, using the theory of species. Exhibiting an explicit bijection interchanging the two parameters remains an open problem.

Source: The Electronic Journal of Combinatorics

DOI: 10.37236/15312

Authors: Florian Fürnsinn, Moritz Gangl, Martin Rubey

Institutions: University of Vienna, TU Wien

Language: English

Topic: Advanced Combinatorial Mathematics

Subfield: Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics

Field: Mathematics

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: diamond

Funders: Agence Nationale de la Recherche, Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Austrian Science Fund