On decomposing graphs of large minimum degree into locally irregular subgraphs (Q286116)

Summary: A \textit{locally irregular graph} is a graph whose adjacent vertices have distinct degrees. We say that a graph \(G\) \textit{can be decomposed into} \(k\) \textit{locally irregular subgraphs} if its edge set may be partitioned into \(k\) subsets each of which induces a locally irregular subgraph in \(G\). It has been conjectured that apart from the family of exceptions which admit no such decompositions, i.e., odd paths, odd cycles and a special class of graphs of maximum degree 3, every connected graph can be decomposed into 3 locally irregular subgraphs. Using a combination of a probabilistic approach and some known theorems on degree constrained subgraphs of a given graph, we prove this to hold for graphs of minimum degree at least \(10^{10}\). This problem is strongly related to edge colourings distinguishing neighbours by the pallets of their incident colours and to the 1-2-3 Conjecture. In particular, the contribution of this paper constitutes a strengthening of a result of \textit{L. Addario-Berry} et al. [J. Comb. Theory, Ser. B 94, No. 2, 237--244 (2005; Zbl 1074.05031)].