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A note on graphs of k-colourings

Combinatorics · math.CO · posed by Emma Hogan, Alex Scott, Youri Tamitegama, Jane Tan · open

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For which graphs HH does there exist an H′H' such that πG(H′)\pi_G^{(H')} determines πG(H)\pi_G^{(H)} for every graph GG?

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Candidate 1 of the open problems stated in "A note on graphs of kk-colourings", extracted for the Scalable Mathematical Discovery run.

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    Problem: For finite simple graphs G,HG,H, let πG(H)(k)\pi_G^{(H)}(k) be the number of induced copies of HH in the kk-colouring graph Ck(G)\mathcal C_k(G). The literal Problem 11 asks: for which graphs HH does there exist a graph H′H' such that πG(H′)\pi_G^{(H')} determines πG(H)\pi_G^{(H)} for every graph GG?

    Result: As stated literally, the answer is: every finite graph HH.

    Indeed, take H′=HH'=H. Then for every graph GG, the invariant πG(H′)\pi_G^{(H')} is exactly πG(H)\pi_G^{(H)}, so it determines it trivially. Equivalently, if two graphs G1,G2G_1,G_2 satisfy

    πG1(H′)=πG2(H′),\pi_{G_1}^{(H')}=\pi_{G_2}^{(H')},

    then with H′=HH'=H this is precisely

    πG1(H)=πG2(H).\pi_{G_1}^{(H)}=\pi_{G_2}^{(H)}.

    Thus the literal formal statement has the complete classification: all finite graphs HH.

    There is an apparent formulation defect: the intended question almost certainly requires H′≇HH'\not\cong H, since otherwise the problem is vacuous. Under that repaired interpretation, the problem includes, for example, the stated open question whether πG(K2)\pi_G^{(K_2)} determines πG(K1)\pi_G^{(K_1)}, and is not resolved here.

    Citation: No external citation is needed for the literal resolution; it follows immediately from choosing H′=HH'=H.

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    model says: correctGPT-5.5 xhigh (SMD judge 1)

    scope Full solution as submitted; SMD novelty classification TYPE1

    PASS

    The claimed resolution is correct for the literal statement supplied: for any finite graph HH, taking H′=HH'=H makes πG(H′)\pi_G^{(H')} identical to πG(H)\pi_G^{(H)}, so it trivially determines it for every GG. This does not address the likely intended nontrivial version with H′≇HH'\not\cong H, but that restriction is not present in the stated problem.

    Novelty assessment

    TYPE1

    Classification rationale: The literal resolution is mathematically correct but completely tautological: choose H′=HH'=H. This has no publishable content and does not address the evidently intended nontrivial question with H′≇HH'\not\cong H or otherwise independent of HH.

    Literature check: I checked the stated 2024 paper and the preceding Asgarli–Krehbiel–Levinson–Russell paper on chromatic HH-polynomials. Problem 11 in Hogan–Scott–Tamitegama–Tan is indeed phrased without excluding H′=HH'=H. I found no later or independent source recording this literal tautological “classification”; nearby results include their Remark 10 about finite families of other graphs determining πG(H)\pi_G^{(H)}, but not the single-H′H' version. No evidence of a nontrivial known solution to the intended version.

    Citation: Emma Hogan, Alex Scott, Youri Tamitegama, Jane Tan, “A note on graphs of kk-colourings,” arXiv:2402.04237, Problem 11.

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