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How good is approximation of distance function on the Cayley graph by "Fourier" basis coming from the irreducible representations?

Consider finite group $G$ , symmetric set of its elements $S$, construct a Cayley graph. Consider $d(g)$ - word metric or distance on the Cayley graph from identity to $g$. As any function on a group ...
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Necessary and sufficient conditions for the Cayley graph to be bipartite

Let $G$ be a finite group with identity $1$. If $S$ be an inverse closed generated subset of $G$, then $S$ is called a Cayley subset of $G$.The Cayley graph $\Gamma=\operatorname{Cay}(G, S)$ is a ...
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Growth of spheres in FINITE nilpotent groups - Gaussian approximation (central limit theorem)?

Standard setup. Consider a group and choose generators. Word-metric (or in the other words - distance on the Cayley graph of the group+generators) - converts a group into a metric space, which is ...
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Polynomials of growth for finite Heisenberg groups

Take a standard finite Heisenberg group with two standard generators and let's consider its growth polynomial - the polynomial which coefficients are equal to the sphere sizes. For example for $H_3(Z/...
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Is the function $k(g,h) = \frac{1}{1+\lvert gh^{-1}\rvert}$ positive definite?

Let $G$ be a finite group, $S \subset G$ a generating set, closed under taking inverses, and $\lvert\cdot\rvert$ the word length with respect to this set $S$. Question. Is the function $k(g,h) = \...
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Example of family of Cayley graphs with Ramanujan behaviour on finite $p$-groups

This is a very general question: are there known examples of Ramanujan behaviour of Cayley graphs obtained from family of finite p-groups? ${\mathrm{\bf Adjacency~matrix:}}$ Given a graph ${\mathcal{G}...
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Perfect Cayley graphs for abelian groups have $\frac{n}{\omega}$ disjoint maximal cliques

Let $G$ be a perfect/ weakly perfect Cayley graph on an abelian group with respect to a symmetric generating set. In addition let the clique number be $\omega$ which divides the order of graph $n$. ...
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$C_4\times C_2 : C_2$: what does this mean?

I am reading this paper where the object $C_4\times C_2 : C_2$ is used as a group structure. I know that $C_n$ is a cyclic group but don't know what kind of operation between groups is identified by ...
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Diameter of Cayley graphs of finite simple groups

Babai, Kantor and Lubotzky proved in 1989 the following theorem (Sciencedirect link to article). THEOREM 1.1. There is a constant $C$ such that every nonabelian finite simple group $G$ has a set $S$ ...
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Diameter for permutations of bounded support

Let $S\subset \textrm{Sym}(n)$ be a set of permutations each of which is of bounded support, that is, each $\sigma\in S$ moves $O(1)$ elements of $\{1,2,\dotsc,n\}$. Let $\Gamma$ be the graph whose ...
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Growth functions of finite group - computation, typical behaviour, surveys?

Looking on the growth function for Rubik's group and symmetric group, one sees rather different behaviour: Rubik's growth in LOG scale (see MO322877): S_n n=9 growth and nice fit by normal ...
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Is there a Cayley graph of a non-abelian finite group that is not isomorphic to any Cayley graph of any abelian group?

It's the first question I post here :) I'm sorry if the question is too specific or if it's somehow repeating others. In other words, my question is the following. Consider a Cayley graph $\Gamma$ of ...
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