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Abstract: A nut graph is a nontrivial simple graph whose adjacency matrix contains a one-dimensional null space spanned by a vector without zero entries. Moreover, an $\ell$-circulant graph is a graph that admits a cyclic group of automorphisms having $\ell$ vertex orbits of equal size. It is not difficult to observe that there exists no cubic $1$-circulant nut graph or cubic $2$-circulant nut graph, while the full classification of all the cubic $3$-circulant nut graphs was recently obtained (Damnjanović et al. in Electron. J. Comb. 31(2):P2.31, 2024). Here, we investigate the existence of cubic $\ell$-circulant nut graphs for $\ell \geq 4$ and show that there is no cubic $4$-circulant nut graph or cubic $5$-circulant nut graph by using a computer-assisted proof. Furthermore, we rely on a construction based approach in order to demonstrate that there exist infinitely many cubic $\ell$-circulant nut graphs for any fixed $\ell \in \{6, 7\}$ or $\ell \geq 9$.
Keywords: nut graph, polycirculant graph, cubic graph, pregraph, voltage graph
Published in RUP: 19.11.2025; Views: 270; Downloads: 5
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Abstract: Covering techniques have recently emerged as an effective tool used for classification of several infinite families of connected symmetric graphs. One commonly encountered technique is based on the concept of lifting groups of automorphisms along regular covering projections ▫$\wp \colon \tilde{X} \to X$▫. Efficient computational methods are known for regular covers with cyclic or elementary abelian group of covering transformations CT▫$(\wp)$▫. In this paper we consider the lifting problem with an additional condition on how a group should lift: given a connected graph ▫$X$▫ and a group ▫$G$▫ of its automorphisms, find all connected regular covering projections ▫$\wp \colon \tilde{X} \to X$▫ along which ▫$G$▫ lifts as a sectional split extension. By this we mean that there exists a complement ▫$\overline{G}$▫ of CT▫$(\wp)$▫ within the lifted group ▫$\tilde{G}$▫ such that ▫$\overline{G}$▫ has an orbit intersecting each fibre in at most one vertex. As an application, all connected elementary abelian regular coverings of the complete graph ▫$K_4$▫ along which a cyclic group of order 4 lifts as a sectional split extension are constructed.
Keywords: covering projection, graph, group extension, lifting automorphisms, voltage assignment
Published in RUP: 31.12.2021; Views: 2531; Downloads: 5
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Abstract: Given natural numbers ▫$n \ge 3$▫ and ▫$1 \le a$▫, ▫$r \le n-1$▫, the rose window graph ▫$R_n(a,r)$▫ is a quartic graph with vertex set ▫$\{x_i \vert\; i \in {\mathbb Z}_n \} \cup \{y_i \vert\; i \in {\mathbb Z}_n \}$▫ and edge set ▫$\{\{x_i, x_{i+1}\} \vert\; i \in {\mathbb Z}_n \} \cup \{\{y_i, y_{i+1}\} \vert\; i \in {\mathbb Z}_n \} \cup \{\{x_i, y_i\} \vert\; i \in {\mathbb Z}_n\} \cup \{\{x_{i+a}, y_i\} \vert\; i \in {\mathbb Z}_n \}$▫. In this paper rotary maps on rose window graphs are considered. In particular, we answer the question posed in [S. Wilson, Rose window graphs, Ars Math. Contemp. 1 (2008), 7-19. http://amc.imfm.si/index.php/amc/issue/view/5] concerning which of these graphs underlie a rotary map.
Keywords: graph theory, rotary map, edge-transitive graph, covering graph, voltage graph
Published in RUP: 15.10.2013; Views: 5645; Downloads: 95
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