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Graphs where every k-subset of vertices is an identifying set

Sylvain Gravier ORCID (1) (2), Svante Janson (3) (4), Tero Laihonen ORCID (5), Sanna Ranto ORCID (6)
(1) Institut Fourier
(2) Laboratoire Leibniz
(3) Department of Mathematics [Uppsala]
(4) Uppsala University
(5) Coding Theory Research Group
(6) Department of Physics and Astronomy [Turku]
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Volume 16
vol. 16:1
Combinatorics
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10.46298/dmtcs.1253
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Graphs where every k-subset of vertices is an identifying set

Sylvain Gravier ORCID (1) (2), Svante Janson (3) (4), Tero Laihonen ORCID (5), Sanna Ranto ORCID (6)
(1) Institut Fourier
(2) Laboratoire Leibniz
(3) Department of Mathematics [Uppsala]
(4) Uppsala University
(5) Coding Theory Research Group
(6) Department of Physics and Astronomy [Turku]
Abstract
Let $G=(V,E)$ be an undirected graph without loops and multiple edges. A subset $C\subseteq V$ is called \emph{identifying} if for every vertex $x\in V$ the intersection of $C$ and the closed neighbourhood of $x$ is nonempty, and these intersections are different for different vertices $x$. Let $k$ be a positive integer. We will consider graphs where \emph{every} $k$-subset is identifying. We prove that for every $k>1$ the maximal order of such a graph is at most $2k-2.$ Constructions attaining the maximal order are given for infinitely many values of $k.$ The corresponding problem of $k$-subsets identifying any at most $\ell$ vertices is considered as well.
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  • [MATH.MATH-CO]Mathematics [math]/Combinatorics [math.CO]
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