Strict Neighbor-Distinguishing Index of Subcubic Graphs

A proper edge coloring of a graph G is strict neighbor-distinguishing if for any two adjacent vertices u and v, the set of colors used on the edges incident to u and the set of colors used on the edges incident to v are not included with each other. The strict neighbor-distinguishing index of G is the minimum number χsnd′(G)\documentclass[12pt]{minimal} \usepackage{amsmath} \usepackage{wasysym} \usepackage{amsfonts} \usepackage{amssymb} \usepackage{amsbsy} \usepackage{mathrsfs} \usepackage{upgreek} \setlength{\oddsidemargin}{-69pt} \begin{document}$$\chi '_\mathrm{snd}(G)$$\end{document} of colors in a strict neighbor-distinguishing edge coloring of G. In this paper, we prove that every connected subcubic graph G with δ(G)≥2\documentclass[12pt]{minimal} \usepackage{amsmath} \usepackage{wasysym} \usepackage{amsfonts} \usepackage{amssymb} \usepackage{amsbsy} \usepackage{mathrsfs} \usepackage{upgreek} \setlength{\oddsidemargin}{-69pt} \begin{document}$$\delta (G)\ge 2$$\end{document} has χsnd′(G)≤7\documentclass[12pt]{minimal} \usepackage{amsmath} \usepackage{wasysym} \usepackage{amsfonts} \usepackage{amssymb} \usepackage{amsbsy} \usepackage{mathrsfs} \usepackage{upgreek} \setlength{\oddsidemargin}{-69pt} \begin{document}$$\chi '_\mathrm{snd}(G)\le 7$$\end{document}, and moreover χsnd′(G)=7\documentclass[12pt]{minimal} \usepackage{amsmath} \usepackage{wasysym} \usepackage{amsfonts} \usepackage{amssymb} \usepackage{amsbsy} \usepackage{mathrsfs} \usepackage{upgreek} \setlength{\oddsidemargin}{-69pt} \begin{document}$$\chi '_\mathrm{snd}(G)=7$$\end{document} if and only if G is a graph obtained from the graph K2,3\documentclass[12pt]{minimal} \usepackage{amsmath} \usepackage{wasysym} \usepackage{amsfonts} \usepackage{amssymb} \usepackage{amsbsy} \usepackage{mathrsfs} \usepackage{upgreek} \setlength{\oddsidemargin}{-69pt} \begin{document}$$K_{2,3}$$\end{document} by inserting a 2-vertex into one edge.