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Groups all of whose undirected Cayley graphs are integral
Let be a finite group, be a set such that if
, then , where denotes the identity element of .
The undirected Cayley graph of over the set is the graph
whose vertex set is and two vertices and are adjacent whenever
. The adjacency spectrum of a graph is the multiset of all
eigenvalues of the adjacency matrix of the graph. A graph is called integral
whenever all adjacency spectrum elements are integers. Following Klotz and
Sander, we call a group Cayley integral whenever all undirected Cayley
graphs over are integral. Finite abelian Cayley integral groups are
classified by Klotz and Sander as finite abelian groups of exponent dividing
or . Klotz and Sander have proposed the determination of all non-abelian
Cayley integral groups. In this paper we complete the classification of finite
Cayley integral groups by proving that finite non-abelian Cayley integral
groups are the symmetric group of degree , and
for some integer , where is the
quaternion group of order .Comment: Title is change
Distance-regular Cayley graphs with small valency
We consider the problem of which distance-regular graphs with small valency
are Cayley graphs. We determine the distance-regular Cayley graphs with valency
at most , the Cayley graphs among the distance-regular graphs with known
putative intersection arrays for valency , and the Cayley graphs among all
distance-regular graphs with girth and valency or . We obtain that
the incidence graphs of Desarguesian affine planes minus a parallel class of
lines are Cayley graphs. We show that the incidence graphs of the known
generalized hexagons are not Cayley graphs, and neither are some other
distance-regular graphs that come from small generalized quadrangles or
hexagons. Among some ``exceptional'' distance-regular graphs with small
valency, we find that the Armanios-Wells graph and the Klein graph are Cayley
graphs.Comment: 19 pages, 4 table
Study of cavities in a creep crack growth test specimen
Small Angle Neutron Scattering (SANS) and Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) have been used to determine the degree of cavitation damage, of length scale 5-300 nm, associated with a creep crack grown in a compact tension specimen cut from a Type 316H stainless steel weldment. The specimen was supplied by EDF Energy as part of an extensive study of creep crack growth in the heat affected zone of reactor components. The creep crack propagates along a line 1.5 mm away from, and parallel to, the weld fusion line boundary before deviating away into parent material. The SANS results show a systematic increase in fractional size distribution of cavities approaching the crack, along lines normal to the crack line, and along lines parallel to the crack line approaching the crack mouth. Both SANS and quantitative metallography measurements using SEM indicate two populations of cavities: smaller cavities of less than 100 nm size having a mean diameter of about 60 nm, and a population of larger cavities of 100-300 nm size with a mean diameter of about 200 nm
Neumaier Cayley graphs
A Neumaier graph is a non-complete edge-regular graph with the property that
it has a regular clique. In this paper, we study Neumaier Cayley graphs. We
give a necessary and sufficient condition under which a Neumaier Cayley graph
is a strongly regular Neumaier Cayley graph. We also characterize Neumaier
Cayley graphs with small valency at most .Comment: 17 pages, 1 figur
Acute colonic pseudo-obstruction in an infant after retroperitoneal pyeloplasty successfully treated with rectal irrigation
AbstractAcute colonic pseudo-obstruction is frequently observed in adults but is rarely seen in children. The illness has never been reported in infants, who might differ in their reaction to the acute bowel distension and their response to the available management options. This report describes the presentation of acute colonic pseudo-obstruction in an infant after retroperitoneal pyeloplasty and its successful treatment with rectal irrigation
Fuzzy logic control for energy saving in autonomous electric vehicles
Limited battery capacity and excessive battery dimensions have been two major limiting factors in the rapid advancement of electric vehicles. An alternative to increasing battery capacities is to use better: intelligent control techniques which save energy on-board while preserving the performance that will extend the range with the same or even smaller battery capacity and dimensions. In this paper, we present a Type-2 Fuzzy Logic Controller (Type-2 FLC) as the speed controller, acting as the Driver Model Controller (DMC) in Autonomous Electric Vehicles (AEV). The DMC is implemented using realtime control hardware and tested on a scaled down version of a back to back connected brushless DC motor setup where the actual vehicle dynamics are modelled with a Hardware-In-the-Loop (HIL) system. Using the minimization of the Integral Absolute Error (IAE) has been the control design criteria and the performance is compared against Type-1 Fuzzy Logic and Proportional Integral Derivative DMCs. Particle swarm optimization is used in the control design. Comparisons on energy consumption and maximum power demand have been carried out using HIL system for NEDC and ARTEMIS drive cycles. Experimental results show that Type-2 FLC saves energy by a substantial amount while simultaneously achieving the best IAE of the control strategies tested
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