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arxiv: 1106.1625 · v1 · pith:6QYDQHLAnew · submitted 2011-06-08 · 🧮 math.CO

Weighted pebbling numbers on graphs

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We expand the theory of pebbling to graphs with weighted edges. In a weighted pebbling game, one player distributes a set amount of weight on the edges of a graph and his opponent chooses a target vertex and places a configuration of pebbles on the vertices. Player one wins if, through a series of pebbling moves, he can move at least one pebble to the target. A pebbling move of p pebbles across an edge with weight w leaves the floor of pw pebbles on the next vertex. We find the weighted pebbling numbers of stars, graphs with at least 2|V|-1 edges, and trees with given targets. We give an explicit formula for the minimum total weight required on the edges of a length-2 path, solvable with p pebbles and exhibit a graph which requires an edge with weight 1/3 in order to achieve its weighted pebbling number.

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