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Questions about the branch of combinatorics called graph theory (not to be used for questions concerning the graph of a function). This tag can be further specialized via using it in combination with more specialized tags such as extremal-graph-theory, spectral-graph-theory, algebraic-graph-theory, topological-graph-theory, random-graphs, graph-colorings and several others.

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Non-regular cospectral graphs with same degree sequences

Let $D$ be a Steiner triple system on $v$ points. (So $v\equiv1,3$ mod 6). The incidence graph is the bipartite graph with the $v$ points as one colour class and the $v(v-1)/6$ blocks as the second; a …
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Showing two vertices have same degree under a certain condition

I'll take $\lambda=1$ and use $E_j$ for $\mathcal{P}_j$. The $k$-th time derivative of $e^{-it(L-E_j)}s$ at $t=0$ is \[ (-i(L-E_j))^k s. \] Now $(L-E_j)s = -v_j$ (because $Ls=0$) and, noting that $E_j …
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Strongly rigid regular graphs

Let $X(\mathcal{S)}$ be the block graph of a Steiner triple system $\mathcal{S}$ on $v$ points. The triple system consists of $b=v(v-1)/6$ triples from a set $V$ of size $v$ such that each pair of poi …
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Distance regular Cayley graphs on $Z_2^n$?

A Cayley graph for $\mathbb{Z}^2_d$ with valency $m$ can always be constructed as a coset graph of a subgroup $C$ of $\mathbb{Z}^2_m$ - vertices are the cosets of $C$, cosets are adjacent if there is …
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Strongly rigid connected $k$-regular graphs

I will use the blocks of Steiner triple systems. Suppose $\mathcal{S}$ is a Steiner triple system on $v$ points. Then $v\cong1,3$ mod 6 and there are $v(v-1)/2$ blocks. The block graph has the blocks …
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Non-isomorphic graphs with diameter two

A random graph $G(n,1/2)$ has diameter $2$ almost surely, and there is an integer $\ell$ such that, almost surely, its chromatic number is $\ell$ or $\ell+1$. (See Achlioptas and Naor - The two possi …
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Lovász conjecture and 2-connected graphs

The vertex connectivity of a vertex-transitive graph with valency $k$ is at least $2(k+1)/3$ (Mader/Watkins). So if you prove the conjecture for 3-connected graphs, you've done them all.
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Connection between graph spectra and graph homomorphisms

There does not seem to be a large overlap; the basic problem is that homomorphisms generally destroy nearly all spectral information. There are important exceptions though. Thus in https://arxiv.org/a …
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Are there only finitely many distinct cubic walk-regular graphs that are neither vertex-tran...

What follows is a proof that semisymmetric graphs are walk-regular. Say vertices $u$ and $v$ in a graph $X$ are cospectral if the graphs $X\setminus u$ and $X\setminus v$ are cospectral. If $X$ is se …
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Are there graphs whose matching polynomials are Legendre?

Any family of orthogonal polynomials can be realized as the characteristic polynomials of a sequence of weighted paths, possibly with loops. If the implicit weight function is symmetric about the orig …
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What is the number of the ways of travelling through a path graph to reach a node from another?

In this particular case there is a simple approach. Take the infinite path with the integers as its vertex set. The number of walks of length $k$ starting at $0$ is $2^k$; the number of walks of lengt …
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When is the adjacency algebra of a graph an association scheme?

I am not sure is this is a useful answer, but it is correct: if the graph is connected and regular, its adjacency algebra is an association scheme if and only if it is closed under Schur product. Note …
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colored graph characteristic polynomial

One difficulty here is that you are asking a number of questions, none of which have short answers. It follows from results in Chapter 5 of my "Algebraic Combinatorics" that, if you add a loop of wei …
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Characterizing graphs whose incidence matrix has the all ones vector in its row span

The rank of the incidence matrix is $|V|$ minus the number of bipartite components. I assume the graph is connected. If it is not bipartite, it follows that the row space is $\mathbb{R}^{V}$ and hence …
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Number of eigenvalues of a Cayley graph

I don't think there any deep relations. The eigenvalues are integers, whence the number of distinct eigenvalues is at most $2|C|+1$ (and you can apply trhis to the complement). If the diameter is $d$, …
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