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Two Dimensional Bandwidth

Combinatorics · math.CO · posed by C.M. Duran · open

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If 2≤c≤d2 \leq c \leq d, then β2(Kd2×Kc2)=d(c−1)\beta_{2}\left(K_{d^{2}}\times K_{c^{2}}\right)=d(c-1).

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    Problem: Reconstructed statement: Km×KnK_m\times K_n denotes the Cartesian product, and for a graph GG with N2N^2 vertices,

    β2(G)=min⁡fmax⁡uv∈E(G)∥f(u)−f(v)∥∞,\beta_2(G)=\min_f\max_{uv\in E(G)}\|f(u)-f(v)\|_\infty,

    where f:V(G)→[N]×[N]f:V(G)\to [N]\times[N] is a bijection. The conjecture asserts that for integers 2≤c≤d2\le c\le d,

    β2(Kd2×Kc2)=d(c−1).\beta_2(K_{d^2}\times K_{c^2})=d(c-1).

    Result: The conjecture is false. Take c=d=3c=d=3. It predicts

    β2(K9×K9)=6.\beta_2(K_9\times K_9)=6.

    But place vertex (i,j)(i,j) in the 9×99\times9 grid at the position occupied by entry ijij below:

    171127214715412545979112931395222343679262966516422646946124551937817535575128534499827349181477488771312985985272386963323383686478566634367686545874845988897939\begin{array}{ccccccccc} 17&11&27&21&47&15&41&25&45\\ 97&91&12&93&13&95&22&23&43\\ 67&92&62&96&65&16&42&26&46\\ 94&61&24&55&19&37&81&75&35\\ 57&51&28&53&44&99&82&73&49\\ 18&14&77&48&87&71&31&29&85\\ 98&52&72&38&69&63&32&33&83\\ 68&64&78&56&66&34&36&76&86\\ 54&58&74&84&59&88&89&79&39 \end{array}

    This is a bijection. For every fixed first coordinate ii, the nine entries ijij lie in a 6×66\times6 subgrid; likewise, for every fixed second coordinate jj, the nine entries ijij lie in a 6×66\times6 subgrid. Hence any two adjacent vertices of K9×K9K_9\times K_9, i.e. vertices sharing one coordinate, are placed at ℓ∞\ell_\infty-distance at most 55. Therefore

    β2(K9×K9)≤5<6,\beta_2(K_9\times K_9)\le 5<6,

    contradicting the conjecture.

    Citation: No literature citation used; the displayed labeling is an explicit counterexample.

  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 displayed 9×99\times 9 labeling is a valid explicit counterexample for c=d=3c=d=3, assuming the standard Cartesian-product interpretation used in the statement. Direct inspection shows it is a bijection on the 81 vertices (i,j)(i,j), and each fixed first- or second-coordinate fiber lies within a 6×66\times6 block, so every edge has ℓ∞\ell_\infty-length at most 55. Thus β2(K9×K9)≤5<6=d(c−1)\beta_2(K_9\times K_9)\le 5<6=d(c-1), disproving the conjectured equality. I found no relevant existing stronger published result in accessible searches.

    Novelty assessment

    TYPE1

    Classification rationale: The result appears genuinely new, but it is a very small counterexample: one explicit 9×99\times 9 labeling refuting an undergraduate REU conjecture at c=d=3c=d=3. It does not determine β2(K9×K9)\beta_2(K_9\times K_9) exactly or give a general replacement theorem. This is likely unpublishable on its own, though useful as an erratum or as part of a broader study.

    Literature check: Searches for the exact conjecture, β2(Kd2×Kc2)\beta_2(K_{d^2}\times K_{c^2}), d(c−1)d(c-1), K9×K9K_9\times K_9, “two-dimensional bandwidth,” “rook graph,” “Hamming graph,” and the explicit labeling did not reveal this counterexample or a stronger published result. The relevant literature found treats related two-dimensional bandwidth models, products with paths/cycles, complete graphs, complete bipartite graphs, or heuristic/exact algorithms for the L1L_1 version, but not this L∞L_\infty counterexample to Duran’s conjecture.

    Citation: No prior citation found for the counterexample. Relevant sources checked include C.M. Duran, “Two Dimensional Bandwidth,” REU in Mathematics at CSUSB, 2006; J.X. Hao, “Two-Dimensional Bandwidth of Graphs,” Ars Combinatoria 74 (2005), 77–88; L. Lin and Y. Lin, “Two models of two-dimensional bandwidth problems,” Information Processing Letters 110 (2010), 469–473.

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