On Distance Antimagic Graphs

Abstract

For an arbitrary set of distances $D\subseteq \{0,1, \ldots, diam(G)\}$, a $D$-weight of a vertex $x$ in a graph $G$ under a vertex labeling $f:V\rightarrow \{1,2, \ldots , v\}$ is defined as $w_D(x)=\sum_{y\in N_D(x)} f(y)$, where $N_D(x) = \{y \in V| d(x,y) \in D\}$. A graph $G$ is said to be $D$-distance magic if all vertices has the same $D$-vertex-weight, it is said to be $D$-distance antimagic if all vertices have distinct $D$-vertex-weights, and it is called $(a,d)-D$-distance antimagic if the $D$-vertex-weights constitute an arithmetic progression with difference $d$ and starting value $a$. In this paper we study some necessary conditions for the existence of $D$-distance antimagic graphs. We conjecture that such conditions are also sufficient. Additionally, we study $\{1\}$-distance antimagic labelings for some cycle-related connected graphs: cycles, suns, prisms, complete graphs, wheels, fans, and friendship graphs.