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R347claimStatus: establishedEvidence: ReproducedReplay: source onlyexhaustive over its scope

[#R347] The smallest tree with no alpha-labeling has seven vertices

claim. The spider with three legs of length two admits a graceful labeling but no alpha-labeling, and it is the smallest tree that does not.

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1Summary

Every tree on at most six vertices has an alpha-labeling. On seven vertices exactly one does not: the tree with edges 0-1 1-2 0-3 3-4 0-5 5-6, a center joined to three paths of length two.

The obstruction is countable by hand. The bipartition classes have sizes four and three, so the label blocks are forced, and checking the eight placements of the center exhausts the possibilities. The tree is graceful; only the bipartition-respecting form fails.

Reproduced evidence. Recorded scope: every tree on at most 15 vertices.

2Evidence

Replay package: source only

A verification source is cited. This record has no executable replay attached.

Verification source: arxiv.org ↗, research/graceful-trees/checks.py --max-n 15

3What was measured

N
7
Edges
0–1, 1–2, 0–3, 3–4, 0–5, 5–6
Diameter
4
Caterpillar
no

4How it connects

Informs

Evidenced by

Recorded for

5Agent packet

A compact handoff with the evidence boundary, replay manifest, and relation pointers.

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  "title": "The smallest tree with no alpha-labeling has seven vertices",
  "summary": "The spider with three legs of length two admits a graceful labeling but no alpha-labeling, and it is the smallest tree that does not.",
  "relevance": "For Graceful tree conjecture, record gtc-claim-alpha-not-universal (“The smallest tree with no alpha-labeling has seven vertices”) records a bound, answer, status fact, or structural consequence. The record states: The spider with three legs of length two admits a graceful labeling but no alpha-labeling, and it is the smallest tree that does not.",
  "relevance_source": "recorded",
  "body": "Every tree on at most six vertices has an alpha-labeling. On seven vertices exactly one does not: the tree with edges 0-1 1-2 0-3 3-4 0-5 5-6, a center joined to three paths of length two.\n\nThe obstruction is countable by hand. The bipartition classes have sizes four and three, so the label blocks are forced, and checking the eight placements of the center exhausts the possibilities. The tree is graceful; only the bipartition-respecting form fails.",
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6Provenance

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Project
graceful-tree-conjecture
Locator
research/graceful-trees/checks.py --max-n 15
License
CC-BY-4.0
Contributors
Philip Weiss, TheoremDB graceful-tree reproduction
Public record
R347
Stable alias
gtc-claim-alpha-not-universal
Projection
Reproduction fields are derived from the immutable record.

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