The Reconstruction Conjecture for finite simple graphs and associated directed graphs

Abstract

In this paper, we study the Reconstruction Conjecture for finite simple graphs. Let $\Gamma$ and $\Gamma'$ be finite simple graphs with at least three vertices such that there exists a bijective map $f:V(\Gamma) \rightarrow V(\Gamma')$ and for any $v\in V(\Gamma)$, there exists an isomorphism $\phi_v:\Gamma-v \to \Gamma'-f(v)$. Then we define the associated directed graph $\widetilde{\Gamma}=\widetilde{\Gamma}(\Gamma,\Gamma',f,\{\phi_v\}_{v\in V(\Gamma)})$ with two kinds of arrows from the graphs $\Gamma$ and $\Gamma'$, the bijective map $f$ and the isomorphisms $\{\phi_v\}_{v\in V(\Gamma)}$. By investigating the associated directed graph $\widetilde{\Gamma}$, we study when are the two graphs $\Gamma$ and $\Gamma'$ isomorphic.