1. Nut graphs with a given automorphism groupNino Bašić, Patrick W. Fowler, 2025, izvirni znanstveni članek Opis: A nut graph is a simple graph of order 2 or more for which the adjacency matrix has a single zero eigenvalue such that all nonzero kernel eigenvectors have no zero entry (i.e. are full). It is shown by construction that every finite group can be represented as the group of automorphisms of infinitely many nut graphs. It is further shown that such nut graphs exist even within the class of regular graphs; the cases where the degree is 8, 12, 16, 20 or 24 are realised explicitly.
Ključne besede: nut graph, graph automorphism, automorphism group, nullity, graph spectra, f-universal
Objavljeno v RUP: 25.11.2025; Ogledov: 186; Prenosov: 4
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2. On cubic polycirculant nut graphsNino Bašić, Ivan Damnjanović, 2025, izvirni znanstveni članek Opis: 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 $\ell \geq 9$.
Ključne besede: nut graph, polycirculant graph, cubic graph, pregraph, voltage graph
Objavljeno v RUP: 19.11.2025; Ogledov: 151; Prenosov: 3
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3. A unified Erdős–Pósa theorem for cycles in graphs labelled by multiple abelian groupsJ. Pascal Gollin, Kevin Hendrey, O-joung Kwon, Sang-il Oum, Youngho Yoo, 2025, izvirni znanstveni članek Opis: In 1965, Erdős and Pósa proved that there is an (approximate) duality between the maximum size of a packing of cycles and the minimum size of a vertex set hitting all cycles. Such a duality does not hold for odd cycles, and Dejter and Neumann-Lara asked in 1988 to find all pairs (l, z) of integers where such a duality holds for the family of cycles of length l modulo z. We characterise all such pairs, and we further generalise this characterisation to cycles in graphs labelled with a bounded number of abelian groups, whose values avoid a bounded number of elements of each group. This unifies almost all known types of cycles that admit such a duality, and it also provides new results. Moreover, we characterise the obstructions to such a duality in this setting, and thereby obtain an analogous characterisation for cycles in graphs embeddable on a fixed compact orientable surface.
Ključne besede: Erdős-Pósa property, cycle packing, group-labelled graph
Objavljeno v RUP: 17.11.2025; Ogledov: 183; Prenosov: 8
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4. On bipartite (1,1,k)-mixed graphsCristina Dalfó, Grahame Erskine, Geoffrey Exoo, Miquel Àngel Fiol, James Tuite, 2025, izvirni znanstveni članek Opis: Mixed graphs can be seen as digraphs that have both arcs and edges (or digons, that is, two opposite arcs). In this paper, we consider the case where such graphs are bipartite and in which the undirected and directed degrees are one. The best graphs, in terms of the number of vertices, are presented for small diameters. Moreover, two infinite families of such graphs with diameter k and number of vertices of the order of 2k/2 are proposed, one of them being totally regular (1,1)-mixed graphs. In addition, we present two more infinite families called chordal ring and chordal double ring mixed graphs, which are bipartite and related to tessellations of the plane. Finally, we give an upper bound that improves the Moore bound for bipartite mixed graphs for r = z = 1.
Ključne besede: mixed graph, degree/diameter problem, Moore bound, bipartite graph
Objavljeno v RUP: 03.11.2025; Ogledov: 179; Prenosov: 0
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5. On extremal (almost) edge-girth-regular graphsGabriela Araujo-Pardo, György Kiss, István Porupsánszki, 2025, izvirni znanstveni članek Opis: A k-regular graph of girth g is called an edge-girth-regular graph, or an egr-graph for short, if each of its edges is contained in exactly λ distinct g-cycles. An egr-graph is called extremal for the triple (k, g, λ) if has the smallest possible order. We prove that some graphs arising from incidence graphs of finite planes are extremal egr-graphs. We also prove new lower bounds on the order of egr-graphs.
Ključne besede: edge-girth-regular graph, cage problem, finite biaffine planes
Objavljeno v RUP: 03.11.2025; Ogledov: 174; Prenosov: 1
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7. A sharp upper bound for the harmonious total chromatic number of graphs and multigraphsMarién Abreu, John Baptist Gauci, Davide Mattiolo, Giuseppe Mazzuoccolo, Federico Romaniello, Christian Rubio-Montiel, Tommaso Traetta, 2025, izvirni znanstveni članek Opis: A proper total colouring of a graph G is called harmonious if it has the further property that when replacing each unordered pair of incident vertices and edgeswith their colours, then no pair of colours appears twice. The smallest number of colours for it to exist is called the harmonious total chromatic number of G, denoted by h_t(G). Here, we give a general upper bound for h_t(G) in terms of the order n of G. Our two main results are obvious consequences of the computation of the harmonious total chromatic number of the complete graph Kn and of the complete multigraph λK_n, where λ is the number of edges joining each pair of vertices of Kn. In particular, Araujo-Pardo et al. have recently shown that 3/2 n ≤ h_t(K_n)≤ 5/3 n + θ(1). In this paper, we prove that h_t(K_n) = ⌈3/2 n⌉ except for h_t(K₁) = 1 and h_t(K₄) = 7; therefore, h_t(G)≤ ⌈3/2 n⌉, for every graph G on n > 4 vertices. Finally, we extend such a result to the harmonious total chromatic number of the complete multigraph λKn and as a consequence show that h_t(G) ≤ (λ-1)(2⌈n/2⌉-1)+⌈3n/2⌉ for n > 4, where G is a multigraph such that λ is the maximum number of edges between any two vertices.
Ključne besede: total colouring, harmonious colouring, complete graphs, complete multigraphs, Levi graph
Objavljeno v RUP: 03.11.2025; Ogledov: 169; Prenosov: 2
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8. Banff designs: difference methods for coloring incidence graphsMarco Buratti, Francesca Merola, Anamari Nakić, Christian Rubio-Montiel, 2025, izvirni znanstveni članek Opis: We present some results on the harmonious colourings of the Levi graph of a 2-design, focusing on Steiner 2-design. It is easily seen that the harmonious chromatic number of such a Levi graph is at least the number of points of the design: we study and construct Banff designs, that is designs such that this lower bound is attained.
Ključne besede: Harmonious chromatic number, Levi graph, combinatorial design
Objavljeno v RUP: 03.11.2025; Ogledov: 122; Prenosov: 2
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