
arXiv: 1509.04327
A \textit{distinguishing coloring} of a graph $G$ is a coloring of the vertices so that every nontrivial automorphism of $G$ maps some vertex to a vertex with a different color. The \textit{distinguishing number} of $G$ is the minimum $k$ such that $G$ has a distinguishing coloring where each vertex is assigned a color from $\{1,\ldots,k\}$. A \textit{list assignment} to $G$ is an assignment $L=\{L(v)\}_{v\in V(G)}$ of lists of colors to the vertices of $G$. A \textit{distinguishing $L$-coloring} of $G$ is a distinguishing coloring of $G$ where the color of each vertex $v$ comes from $L(v)$. The {\it list distinguishing number} of $G$ is the minimum $k$ such that every list assignment to $G$ in which $|L(v)|=k$ for all $v\in V(G)$ yields a distinguishing $L$-coloring of $G$. We prove that if $G$ is an interval graph, then its distinguishing number and list distinguishing number are equal.
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interval graph, 05c60, 05C60, distinguishing, list distinguishing number, list distinguishing, QA1-939, Isomorphism problems in graph theory (reconstruction conjecture, etc.) and homomorphisms (subgraph embedding, etc.), FOS: Mathematics, Mathematics - Combinatorics, Combinatorics (math.CO), Mathematics, distinguishing number
interval graph, 05c60, 05C60, distinguishing, list distinguishing number, list distinguishing, QA1-939, Isomorphism problems in graph theory (reconstruction conjecture, etc.) and homomorphisms (subgraph embedding, etc.), FOS: Mathematics, Mathematics - Combinatorics, Combinatorics (math.CO), Mathematics, distinguishing number
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