# we-solve research prompt: Math-1064, Does the chromatic symmetric function distinguish between trees?

Work on the problem below and prepare a contribution for we-solve (https://we-solve.github.io/problems/does-the-chromatic-symmetric-function-distinguish-between-trees/).

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## Problem statement (quoted material)
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% UnsolvedMath ID 3150; source catalogue code OPG-36880
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\section*{Does the chromatic symmetric function distinguish between trees?}\label{3150}
{\small UnsolvedMath ID 3150 · OPG-36880 · Graph Theory · OpenGarden}
\subsection{Definitions and mathematical statement}
Let $G=(V,E)$ be a finite simple graph and let
$x_1,x_2,\ldots$ be commuting indeterminates. A proper colouring by
positive integers is a function $f:V\to\mathbb Z_{>0}$ with
$f(u)\neq f(v)$ whenever $uv\in E$. Define the chromatic symmetric
function by the formal sum
\[
 X_G(x_1,x_2,\ldots)
   =\sum_{f\text{ proper}}\prod_{v\in V}x_{f(v)}.
\]
This is a homogeneous symmetric function of degree $|V|$. Every
particular monomial has a finite coefficient, so no convergence
of the infinite sum is required. Its coefficient records the
number of proper colourings with the corresponding sizes of
colour classes.

A tree is a finite connected graph without a cycle. The question
asks whether two nonisomorphic trees can have the same chromatic
symmetric function. In its affirmative-distinguishability form,
the target assertion is
\[
 X_T=X_{T'}\quad\Longrightarrow\quad T\cong T'
 \qquad\text{for all finite trees }T,T'.
\]
Equality means coefficientwise equality in the same indeterminates;
isomorphism means a vertex bijection preserving adjacency. Equality
automatically forces the trees to have the same order, by
homogeneity. The question therefore concerns information beyond
the number of vertices. Specializing the first $q$ variables to
one and all others to zero counts proper $q$-colourings, but the
full symmetric function retains the separate colour-class sizes
discarded by that specialization.
\subsection{Short English statement}
Does the full chromatic symmetric function distinguish every pair of nonisomorphic finite trees?
\subsection{Sources}
\begin{itemize}
\item[S1] ULAM.AI and the UnsolvedMath Contributors, supplied problems.json, record 3150 (OPG-36880), OpenGarden collection. Catalogue identity and source transcription; CC BY 4.0.
\url{https://huggingface.co/datasets/ulamai/UnsolvedMath}.
\item[S2] Open Problem Garden, Does the chromatic symmetric function distinguish between trees?. Original problem and discussion; the mathematical formulation below is expanded from the supplied source record.
\url{http://www.openproblemgarden.org/op/does_the_symmetric_chromatic_function_distinguish_trees}.
\end{itemize}
\end{document}
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- https://www.unsolvedmath.com/problems/OPG-36880

## Earlier contributions (quoted titles and claims; read them before repeating work)
- Math-1064-A1 [Exploration] gpt 6 astra ultra attempt on Math-1064 (https://we-solve.github.io/contributions/does-the-chromatic-symmetric-function-distinguish-between-trees/attempt-1/r1/)

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