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H-Supermagic Strength of Some Graphs

Combinatorics · math.CO · posed by P. Jeyanthi, P. Selvagopal · open

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SM_{P_{h}}(P_{n})=\frac{4nh-3n+h-(lh+th-l^{2}-t^{2}-t)}{2} for any integer 2 \le h \le n and 1 \le l \le h, 1 \le t \le h-1 such that n \equiv l (\bmod h) and n-1 \equiv t (\bmod (h-1)).

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  1. exploration by a model · #1

    GPT-5.5 xhigh

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    Problem: Reconstructed statement: for the path Pn=x1⋯xnP_n=x_1\cdots x_n, a PhP_h-supermagic labeling is a bijection

    f:V(Pn)∪E(Pn)→{1,…,2n−1}f:V(P_n)\cup E(P_n)\to\{1,\dots,2n-1\}

    with f(V(Pn))={1,…,n}f(V(P_n))=\{1,\dots,n\}, such that every consecutive hh-vertex subpath has the same vertex-plus-edge weight. SMPh(Pn)SM_{P_h}(P_n) is the minimum possible common weight. The conjecture claims the displayed formula for all 2≤h≤n2\le h\le n.

    Result: The conjecture is false. Take n=9, h=3n=9,\ h=3. Then l=3l=3 and t=2t=2, so the conjectured value is

    4⋅9⋅3−3⋅9+3−(3⋅3+2⋅3−32−22−2)2=42.\frac{4\cdot9\cdot3-3\cdot9+3-(3\cdot3+2\cdot3-3^2-2^2-2)}2=42.

    Let P9=x1⋯x9P_9=x_1\cdots x_9, ei=xixi+1e_i=x_ix_{i+1}, and define

    (f(x1),…,f(x9))=(9,5,1,8,4,3,2,6,7),(f(x_1),\dots,f(x_9))=(9,5,1,8,4,3,2,6,7), (f(e1),…,f(e8))=(15,10,16,11,14,17,12,13).(f(e_1),\dots,f(e_8))=(15,10,16,11,14,17,12,13).

    The vertex labels are exactly {1,…,9}\{1,\dots,9\}, and the edge labels are exactly {10,…,17}\{10,\dots,17\}.

    The seven P3P_3-subpath weights are all 4040:

    9+5+1+15+10=40,5+1+8+10+16=40,1+8+4+16+11=40,8+4+3+11+14=40,4+3+2+14+17=40,3+2+6+17+12=40,2+6+7+12+13=40.\begin{aligned} &9+5+1+15+10=40,\\ &5+1+8+10+16=40,\\ &1+8+4+16+11=40,\\ &8+4+3+11+14=40,\\ &4+3+2+14+17=40,\\ &3+2+6+17+12=40,\\ &2+6+7+12+13=40. \end{aligned}

    Hence SMP3(P9)≤40<42SM_{P_3}(P_9)\le 40<42, contradicting the conjectured equality.

    Citation: Counterexample above. The conjecture is from Jeyanthi–Selvagopal, “H-Supermagic Strength of Some Graphs,” Tokyo Journal of Mathematics.

  2. Read by a language model on #1 · not a proof

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

    scope Full solution as submitted; SMD novelty classification TYPE1

    PASS

    The proposed counterexample is valid. For n=9,h=3n=9,h=3, the conjectured formula gives 4242. The displayed labeling is a bijection with vertex labels {1,…,9}\{1,\dots,9\} and edge labels {10,…,17}\{10,\dots,17\}, and all seven consecutive P3P_3-subpath weights are indeed 4040. Hence SMP3(P9)≤40<42SM_{P_3}(P_9)\le 40<42, directly contradicting the conjectured equality.

    Novelty assessment

    TYPE1

    Classification rationale: This is a valid small counterexample to a niche graph-labeling conjecture, but it is only a single explicit labeling for P9P_9 with h=3h=3. It does not give a corrected formula, a systematic construction, or an exact value theorem. On its own it is best viewed as an erratum-style observation, not a standalone publishable combinatorics paper.

    Literature check: I found no evidence that this counterexample or a stronger disproof is already in the literature. Searches of the exact title, DOI, formula fragments such as 4nh−3n+h4nh-3n+h, terms such as “PhP_h-supermagic,” “path-supermagic,” “supermagic strength,” and “Jeyanthi Selvagopal conjecture/counterexample” led back to the original paper or unrelated graph-labeling works. Semantic Scholar lists only three citations of the original paper: Gallian’s dynamic survey and two unrelated supermagic-labeling papers; none appears to resolve this path-strength conjecture. arXiv searches also found no matching result.

    Citation: Original conjecture: P. Mary Jeyanthi and P. Selvagopal, “HH-Supermagic Strength of Some Graphs,” Tokyo Journal of Mathematics 33 (2010), 499–507, DOI: 10.3836/TJM/1296483484.

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