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Nonisomorphic Graphs Can Share an Arbitrarily Large Fraction of Their Vertex-Deleted Cards

Aug 2026 · 2 citations · 12 references
Mathematics Computer Science

Abstract

For a graph $G$, its vertex deck is the multiset of graphs obtained by deleting one vertex. Bowler, Brown, and Fenner (BBF) proposed $2\lfloor(n-1)/3\rfloor$ as the maximum possible overlap between the decks of two nonisomorphic $n$-vertex graphs, for all sufficiently large $n$. We first give an explicit pair of connected nonisomorphic graphs on $78$ vertices with at least $51$ common cards, exceeding BBF's predicted value of $50$. We then construct, for every even $r\ge4$, families at arbitrarily large orders whose overlap fraction is asymptotically at least $1-1/r$. Consequently, for every $\alpha<1$, infinitely many pairs have more than $\alpha n$ common cards, so the attainable fraction is arbitrarily close to the full deck. For representative instances, the predicted overlaps were also checked by complete deck generation and isomorphism testing with Brendan McKay's nauty tools.

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