172 research outputs found

    On classifying finite edge colored graphs with two transitive automorphism groups

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    This paper classifies all finite edge colored graphs with doubly transitive automorphism groups. This result generalizes the classification of doubly transitive balanced incomplete block designs with λ=1 and doubly transitive one-factorizations of complete graphs. It also provides a classification of all doubly transitive symmetric association schemes

    Computing symmetry groups of polyhedra

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    Knowing the symmetries of a polyhedron can be very useful for the analysis of its structure as well as for practical polyhedral computations. In this note, we study symmetry groups preserving the linear, projective and combinatorial structure of a polyhedron. In each case we give algorithmic methods to compute the corresponding group and discuss some practical experiences. For practical purposes the linear symmetry group is the most important, as its computation can be directly translated into a graph automorphism problem. We indicate how to compute integral subgroups of the linear symmetry group that are used for instance in integer linear programming.Comment: 20 pages, 1 figure; containing a corrected and improved revisio

    Core-Free, Rank Two Coset Geometries from Edge-Transitive Bipartite Graphs

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    It is known that the Levi graph of any rank two coset geometry is an edge-transitive graph, and thus coset geometries can be used to construct many edge transitive graphs. In this paper, we consider the reverse direction. Starting from edge- transitive graphs, we construct all associated core-free, rank two coset geometries. In particular, we focus on 3-valent and 4-valent graphs, and are able to construct coset geometries arising from these graphs. We summarize many properties of these coset geometries in a sequence of tables; in the 4-valent case we restrict to graphs that have relatively small vertex-stabilizers

    Parallelism

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    EnProblems involving the idea of parallelism occur in finite geometry and in graph theory. This article addresses the question of constructing parallelisms with some degree of "symmetry". In particular, can we say anything on parallelisms admitting an automorphism group acting doubly transitively on "parallel classes"

    Trivalent Graph isomorphism in polynomial time

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    It's important to design polynomial time algorithms to test if two graphs are isomorphic at least for some special classes of graphs. An approach to this was presented by Eugene M. Luks(1981) in the work \textit{Isomorphism of Graphs of Bounded Valence Can Be Tested in Polynomial Time}. Unfortunately, it was a theoretical algorithm and was very difficult to put into practice. On the other hand, there is no known implementation of the algorithm, although Galil, Hoffman and Luks(1983) shows an improvement of this algorithm running in O(n3logn)O(n^3 \log n). The two main goals of this master thesis are to explain more carefully the algorithm of Luks(1981), including a detailed study of the complexity and, then to provide an efficient implementation in SAGE system. It is divided into four chapters plus an appendix.Comment: 48 pages. It is a Master Thesi
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