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Maximum automorphism group for a 3-connected cubic graph

The following arose as a side issue in a project on graph reconstruction. Problem: Let $a(n)$ be the greatest order of the automorphism group of a 3-connected cubic graph with $n$ vertices. Find a ...
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Graph automorphism group

Let $A_w$ denote such set of positive integer $n$ that: for any two permutations $\pi_0,\pi_1\in S_n$, if $\pi_1$ is not a power of $\pi_0$, then there exists a (labeled non oriented) graph $G$ of ...
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Which finite groups are not the automorphism group of some rooted finite tree?

The question is as given in the title: Which finite groups are not the automorphism group of some rooted finite tree? A rephrasing could be: Is any finite group representable as the automorphism ...
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Are vertex and edge-transitive graphs determined by their spectrum?

A graph is called vertex and edge transitive if the automorphism group is transitive on both vertices and edges. The spectrum of a graph is the collection (with multiplicities) of eigenvalues of the ...
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Paths in groups

Given a finite group $G$, write $K(G)$ for the complete digraph on the elements of $G$. Label the edge from $g$ to $h$ by element $g^{-1}h$. Question: For what groups does there exist a Hamiltonian ...
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Lovasz's conjecture for dihedral Cayley graphs

Background: A tantalizing conjecture of Lovasz is the following: Let $G$ be a (finite) connected vertex-transitive graph. Then $G$ contains a Hamiltonian cycle or is one of $5$ counter-examples. (...
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Orbits of independent sets of the hypercube

How does one enumerate the distinct orbit classes of independent sets of the hypercube modulo symmetries of the hypercubes? The counting of the number of independent sets in an $n$-dimensional ...
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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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Transposition Cayley graphs are planar

Consider the Cayley graph $G$ with vertex set the elements of the symmetric group $S_n$ and generating set the set of minimal transposition generators of the group $S_n$, that is the set $S=\{(12),(13)...
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Automorphism group action leads to a "quotient graph"

Let $G$ be a simple (finite) graph. Consider the next natural equivalence relation $\sim$ on $V(G)$: $u\sim v$ iff there exists and automorphism $\phi\in Aut(G)$, such that $\phi(u)=v$. Define a new ...
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Is the size of maximum matching in vertex transitive 3-uniform hyper-graph on $n$ vertices always $\Omega(n)$?

What is the best known lower bound on the size of the maximum matching in a vertex transitive $3$-uniform hyper-graph?
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G graph connections for finite groups G

In my research, I have seen G graph connections usually when G is a Lie group and the graph is the fatgraph of a (punctured) surface. This is usually in a physics context. However, I am curious to ...
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About the eigenvectors of a matrix related to a Cayley graph

In some papers about the cayley graphs of finite groups the behaviour of the eigenvalues and eigenvectors of $\phi$ were discussed when $\phi=\sum_{g\in G} \lambda_G(g)$ and $\lambda_G(g)$ is defined ...
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Max order for which connected Cayley Graphs are known to be Hamiltonian

There is a well-known conjecture that all connected Cayley graphs are Hamiltonian. For how large a value of n has the conjecture been verified (i.e., for all groups whose order is at most n)?
Geoffrey Exoo's user avatar
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Does every connected vertex transitive graph on $n$ vertices (except for $C_n$) have minimum feedback vertex set of size $\Omega(n)$?

Feedback vertex set is a set of vertices whose removal leaves an acyclic graph. It is known that every vertex transitive graph on $n$ vertices has minimum vertex cover of size $\Omega(n)$. It is also ...
Raghav Kulkarni's user avatar
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What are the efficient algorithms to compute Hamiltonian paths on Cayley graphs of finite groups ? Can GAP do it?

The famous Lovasz conjecture predicts existence of the Hamiltonian path on Cayley graphs. In general finding such a path is NP-complete problem, but there are many heuristic algorithms. Question 1: ...
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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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