scholarly journals Thin Distance-Regular Graphs with Classical Parameters $(D,q,q, \frac{q^{t}-1}{q-1}-1)$ with $t> D$ are the Grassmann Graphs

2021 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ying Ying Tan ◽  
Xiaoye Liang ◽  
Jack Koolen

In the survey paper by Van Dam, Koolen and Tanaka (2016), they asked to classify the thin $Q$-polynomial distance-regular graphs. In this paper, we show that a thin distance-regular graph with the same intersection numbers as a Grassmann graph $J_q(n, D)~ (n \geqslant 2D)$ is the Grassmann graph if $D$ is large enough.

10.37236/3356 ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yu-pei Huang ◽  
Yeh-jong Pan ◽  
Chih-wen Weng

Let $\Gamma$ denote a distance-regular graph with diameter $D \geq 3$ and intersection numbers $a_1=0, a_2 \neq 0$, and $c_2=1$. We show a connection between the $d$-bounded property and the nonexistence of parallelograms of any length up to $d+1$. Assume further that $\Gamma$ is with classical parameters $(D, b, \alpha, \beta)$, Pan and Weng (2009) showed that $(b, \alpha, \beta)= (-2, -2, ((-2)^{D+1}-1)/3).$ Under the assumption $D \geq 4$, we exclude this class of graphs by an application of the above connection.


10.37236/7347 ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Štefko Miklavič

Let $\Gamma$ denote a bipartite distance-regular graph with diameter $D$. In [Caughman (2004)], Caughman showed that if $D \ge 12$, then $\Gamma$ is $Q$-polynomial if and only if one of the following (i)-(iv) holds: (i) $\Gamma$ is the ordinary $2D$-cycle, (ii) $\Gamma$ is the Hamming cube $H(D,2)$, (iii) $\Gamma$ is the antipodal quotient of the Hamming cube $H(2D,2)$, (iv) the intersection numbers of $\Gamma$ satisfy $c_i = (q^i - 1)/(q-1)$, $b_i = (q^D-q^i)/(q-1)$ $(0 \le i \le D)$, where $q$ is an integer at least $2$. In this paper we show that the above result is true also for bipartite distance-regular graphs with $D \in \{9,10,11\}$.


Author(s):  
Robert A. Beezer ◽  
E. J. Farrell

A distance-regular graph of diameterdhas2dintersection numbers that determine many properties of graph (e.g., its spectrum). We show that the first six coefficients of the matching polynomial of a distance-regular graph can also be determined from its intersection array, and that this is the maximum number of coefficients so determined. Also, the converse is true for distance-regular graphs of small diameter—that is, the intersection array of a distance-regular graph of diameter 3 or less can be determined from the matching polynomial of the graph.


2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (07) ◽  
pp. 2050009
Author(s):  
Siwaporn Mamart ◽  
Chalermpong Worawannotai

Merging the first and third classes in a connected graph is the operation of adding edges between all vertices at distance 3 in the original graph while keeping the original edges. We determine when merging the first and third classes in a bipartite distance-regular graph produces a distance-regular graph.


10.37236/7763 ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Janoš Vidali

A package for the Sage computer algebra system is developed for checking feasibility of a given intersection array for a distance-regular graph. We use this tool to show that there is no distance-regular graph with intersection array$$\{(2r+1)(4r+1)(4t-1), 8r(4rt-r+2t), (r+t)(4r+1); 1, (r+t)(4r+1), 4r(2r+1)(4t-1)\}  (r, t \geq 1),$$$\{135,\! 128,\! 16; 1,\! 16,\! 120\}$, $\{234,\! 165,\! 12; 1,\! 30,\! 198\}$ or $\{55,\! 54,\! 50,\! 35,\! 10; 1,\! 5,\! 20,\! 45,\! 55\}$. In all cases, the proofs rely on equality in the Krein condition, from which triple intersection numbers are determined. Further combinatorial arguments are then used to derive nonexistence. 


10.37236/4556 ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefko Miklavic ◽  
Safet Penjic

Let $\Gamma$ denote a bipartite $Q$-polynomial distance-regular graph with diameter $D \ge 4$, valency $k \ge 3$ and intersection number $c_2 \le 2$. We show that $\Gamma$ is either the $D$-dimensional hypercube, or the antipodal quotient of the $2D$-dimensional hypercube, or $D=5$.


10.37236/2410 ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jack H. Koolen ◽  
Joohyung Kim ◽  
Jongyook Park

Godsil showed that if $\Gamma$ is a distance-regular graph with diameter $D \geq 3$ and valency $k \geq 3$, and $\theta$ is an eigenvalue of $\Gamma$ with multiplicity $m \geq 2$, then $k \leq\frac{(m+2)(m-1)}{2}$.In this paper we will give a refined statement of this result. We show that if $\Gamma$ is a distance-regular graph with diameter $D \geq 3$, valency $k \geq 2$ and an eigenvalue $\theta$ with multiplicity $m\geq 2$, such that $k$ is close to $\frac{(m+2)(m-1)}{2}$, then $\theta$ must be a tail. We also characterize the distance-regular graphs with diameter $D \geq 3$, valency $k \geq 3$ and an eigenvalue $\theta$ with multiplicity $m \geq 2$ satisfying $k= \frac{(m+2)(m-1)}{2}$.


10.37236/6428 ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Qianqian Yang ◽  
Aida Abiad ◽  
Jack H. Koolen

In this paper, we present the first application of Hoffman graphs for spectral characterizations of graphs. In particular, we show that the 2-clique extension of the $(t+1)\times (t+1)$-grid is determined by its spectrum when $t$ is large enough. This result will help to show that the Grassmann graph $J_2(2D,D)$ is determined by its intersection numbers as a distance regular graph, if $D$ is large enough.


10.37236/1372 ◽  
1998 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
T. D. Bending ◽  
D. Fon-Der-Flaass

Let $V$ and $W$ be $n$-dimensional vector spaces over $GF(2)$. A mapping $Q:V\rightarrow W$ is called crooked if it satisfies the following three properties: $Q(0)=0$; $Q(x)+Q(y)+Q(z)+Q(x+y+z)\neq 0$ for any three distinct $x,y,z$; $Q(x)+Q(y)+Q(z)+Q(x+a)+Q(y+a)+Q(z+a)\neq 0$ if $a\neq 0$ ($x,y,z$ arbitrary). We show that every crooked function gives rise to a distance regular graph of diameter 3 having $\lambda=0$ and $\mu=2$ which is a cover of the complete graph. Our approach is a generalization of a recent construction found by de Caen, Mathon, and Moorhouse. We study graph-theoretical properties of the resulting graphs, including their automorphisms. Also we demonstrate a connection between crooked functions and bent functions.


2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 63
Author(s):  
Konstantin S. Efimov ◽  
Alexander A. Makhnev

In the class of distance-regular graphs of diameter 3 there are 5 intersection arrays of graphs with at most 28 vertices and noninteger eigenvalue. These arrays are \(\{18,14,5;1,2,14\}\), \(\{18,15,9;1,1,10\}\), \(\{21,16,10;1,2,12\}\), \(\{24,21,3;1,3,18\}\), and \(\{27,20,7;1,4,21\}\). Automorphisms of graphs with intersection arrays \(\{18,15,9;1,1,10\}\) and \(\{24,21,3;1,3,18\}\) were found earlier by A.A. Makhnev and D.V. Paduchikh. In this paper, it is proved that a graph with the intersection array \(\{27,20,7;1,4,21\}\) does not exist.


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