1. Semiregular automorphisms in vertex-transitive graphs with a solvable group of automorphismsDragan Marušič, 2017, original scientific article Abstract: It has been conjectured that automorphism groups of vertex-transitive (di)graphs, and more generally 2-closures of transitive permutation groups, must necessarily possess a fixed-point-free element of prime order, and thus a non-identity element with all orbits of the same length, in other words, a semiregular element. The known affirmative answers for graphs with primitive and quasiprimitive groups of automorphisms suggest that solvable groups need to be considered if one is to hope for a complete solution of this conjecture. It is the purpose of this paper to present an overview of known results and suggest possible further lines of research towards a complete solution of the problem. Keywords: solvable group, semiregular automorphism, fixed-point-free automorphism, polycirculant conjecture Published in RUP: 03.01.2022; Views: 970; Downloads: 17 Full text (235,26 KB) |
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5. Minimal normal subgroups of transitive permutation groups of square-free degreeEdward Dobson, Aleksander Malnič, Dragan Marušič, Lewis A. Nowitz, 2007, original scientific article Abstract: It is shown that a minimal normal subgroup of a transitive permutation group of square-free degree in its induced action is simple and quasiprimitive, with three exceptions related to ▫$A_5$▫, ▫$A_7$▫, and PSL(2,29). Moreover, it is shown that a minimal normal subgroup of a 2-closed permutation group of square-free degree in its induced action is simple. As an almost immediate consequence, it follows that a 2-closed transitive permutation group of square-free degree contains a semiregular element of prime order, thus giving a partial affirmative answer to the conjecture that all 2-closed transitive permutation groups contain such an element (see [D. Marušic, On vertex symmetric digraphs,Discrete Math. 36 (1981) 69-81; P.J. Cameron (Ed.), Problems from the fifteenth British combinatorial conference, Discrete Math. 167/168 (1997) 605-615]). Keywords: mathematics, graph theory, transitive permutation group, 2-closed group, square-free degree, semiregular automorphism, vertex-transitive graph Published in RUP: 03.04.2017; Views: 2515; Downloads: 89 Link to full text |
6. Semiregular automorphisms of vertex-transitive graphs of certain valenciesEdward Dobson, Aleksander Malnič, Dragan Marušič, Lewis A. Nowitz, 2007, original scientific article Abstract: It is shown that a vertex-transitive graph of valency ▫$p+1$▫, ▫$p$▫ a prime, admitting a transitive action of a ▫$\{2,p\}$▫-group, has a non-identity semiregular automorphism. As a consequence, it is proved that a quartic vertex-transitive graph has a non-identity semiregular automorphism, thus giving a partial affirmative answer to the conjecture that all vertex-transitive graphs have such an automorphism and, more generally, that all 2-closed transitive permutation groups contain such an element (see [D. Marušic, On vertex symmetric digraphs, Discrete Math. 36 (1981) 69-81; P.J. Cameron (Ed.), Problems from the Fifteenth British Combinatorial Conference, Discrete Math. 167/168 (1997) 605-615]). Keywords: mathematics, graph theory, transitive permutation group, 2-closed group, semiregular automorphism, vertex-transitive graph Published in RUP: 03.04.2017; Views: 2578; Downloads: 83 Link to full text |
7. Algebraični aspekti teorije grafov : doktorska disertacijaAdemir Hujdurović, 2013, doctoral dissertation Keywords: circulant, bicirculant, semiregular automorphism, vertex-transitive graph, half-arc-transitive graph, snark, Cayley graph, quasi m-Cayley graph, generalized Cayley graph, I-regular action, regular cover of a graph, automorphism group Published in RUP: 10.07.2015; Views: 3634; Downloads: 43 Link to full text |
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10. Recent trends and future directions in vertex-transitive graphsKlavdija Kutnar, Dragan Marušič, 2008, original scientific article Abstract: A graph is said to be vertex-transitive if its automorphism group acts transitively on the vertex set. Some recent developments and possible future directions regarding two famous open problems, asking about existence of Hamilton paths and existence of semiregular automorphisms in vertex-transitive graphs, are discussed, together with some recent results on arc-transitive graphs and half-arc-transitive graphs, two special classes of vertex-transitive graphs that have received particular attention over the last decade. Keywords: vertex-transitive graph, arc-transitive graph, half-arc-transitive graph, Hamilton cycle, Hamilton path, semiregular group, (im)primitive group Published in RUP: 15.10.2013; Views: 3307; Downloads: 134 Full text (183,49 KB) |