scholarly journals The Spectral Excess Theorem for Distance-Regular Graphs: A Global (Over)view

10.37236/853 ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Edwin R. Van Dam
Keyword(s):  
Regular Graph ◽  
Current Paper ◽  
Regular Graphs ◽  
Global Approach ◽  
Local Approach ◽  
Extremal Distance ◽  
Distance Regular Graphs

Distance-regularity of a graph is in general not determined by the spectrum of the graph. The spectral excess theorem states that a connected regular graph is distance-regular if for every vertex, the number of vertices at extremal distance (the excess) equals some given expression in terms of the spectrum of the graph. This result was proved by Fiol and Garriga [From local adjacency polynomials to locally pseudo-distance-regular graphs, J. Combinatorial Th. B 71 (1997), 162-183] using a local approach. This approach has the advantage that more general results can be proven, but the disadvantage that it is quite technical. The aim of the current paper is to give a less technical proof by taking a global approach.

scholarly journals Dual polar spaces as extremal distance-regular graphs

2004 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 269-274
Author(s):  
Arnold Neumaier
Keyword(s):  
Regular Graphs ◽  
Polar Spaces ◽  
Extremal Distance ◽  
Distance Regular Graphs ◽  
Dual Polar Spaces

Merging the first and third classes in bipartite distance-regular graphs

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (07) ◽  
pp. 2050009
Author(s):  
Siwaporn Mamart ◽  
Chalermpong Worawannotai
Keyword(s):  
Regular Graph ◽  
Connected Graph ◽  
Regular Graphs ◽  
Distance Regular Graph ◽  
Original Graph ◽  
Distance Regular Graphs

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.

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
Keyword(s):  
Regular Graph ◽  
Regular Graphs ◽  
Distance Regular Graph ◽  
Intersection Numbers ◽  
Survey Paper ◽  
Grassmann Graph ◽  
Distance Regular Graphs ◽  
Classical Parameters

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.

scholarly journals Fractional Decompositions and the Smallest-eigenvalue Separation

10.37236/8833 ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Fiachra Knox ◽  
Bojan Mohar
Keyword(s):  
Recent Result ◽  
Regular Graph ◽  
Short Proof ◽  
New Method ◽  
Regular Graphs ◽  
Smallest Eigenvalue ◽  
Distance Regular Graphs

A new method is introduced for bounding the separation between the value of $-k$ and the smallest eigenvalue of a non-bipartite $k$-regular graph. The method is based on fractional decompositions of graphs. As a consequence we obtain a very short proof of a generalization and strengthening of a recent result of Qiao, Jing, and Koolen [Electronic J. Combin. 26(2) (2019), #P2.41] about the smallest eigenvalue of non-bipartite distance-regular graphs.

scholarly journals On Bipartite $Q$-Polynomial Distance-Regular Graphs with Diameter 9, 10, or 11

10.37236/7347 ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Štefko Miklavič
Keyword(s):  
Regular Graph ◽  
Regular Graphs ◽  
Distance Regular Graph ◽  
Intersection Numbers ◽  
Distance Regular Graphs

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 $D \in \{9,10,11\}$.

scholarly journals Using Symbolic Computation to Prove Nonexistence of Distance-Regular Graphs

10.37236/7763 ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Janoš Vidali
Keyword(s):  
Symbolic Computation ◽  
Computer Algebra ◽  
Regular Graph ◽  
Computer Algebra System ◽  
Intersection Array ◽  
Regular Graphs ◽  
Distance Regular Graph ◽  
Triple Intersection ◽  
Distance Regular Graphs ◽  
Krein Condition

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. 

scholarly journals On Bipartite $Q$-Polynomial Distance-Regular Graphs with $c_2 \le 2$

10.37236/4556 ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefko Miklavic ◽  
Safet Penjic
Keyword(s):  
Regular Graph ◽  
Intersection Number ◽  
Regular Graphs ◽  
Distance Regular Graph ◽  
Distance Regular Graphs

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 $D=5$.

scholarly journals Crooked Functions, Bent Functions, and Distance Regular Graphs

10.37236/1372 ◽  
1998 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
T. D. Bending ◽  
D. Fon-Der-Flaass
Keyword(s):  
Regular Graph ◽  
Complete Graph ◽  
Bent Functions ◽  
Vector Spaces ◽  
Regular Graphs ◽  
Dimensional Vector ◽  
Distance Regular Graph ◽  
Distance Regular Graphs ◽  
Crooked Functions

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.

scholarly journals DISTANCE-REGULAR GRAPH WITH INTERSECTION ARRAY {27, 20, 7; 1, 4, 21} DOES NOT EXIST

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 63
Author(s):  
Konstantin S. Efimov ◽  
Alexander A. Makhnev
Keyword(s):  
Regular Graph ◽  
Intersection Array ◽  
Regular Graphs ◽  
Distance Regular Graph ◽  
Automorphisms Of Graphs ◽  
Distance Regular Graphs

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.

scholarly journals Some Applications of the Proper and Adjacency Polynomials in the Theory of Graph Spectra

10.37236/1306 ◽  
1997 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
M. A. Fiol
Keyword(s):  
Orthogonal Polynomials ◽  
Regular Graph ◽  
Upper Bound ◽  
Association Schemes ◽  
Regular Graphs ◽  
Local Spectrum ◽  
Graph Spectra ◽  
Distance Regular Graphs ◽  
New Applications

Given a vertex $u\in V$ of a graph $G=(V,E)$, the (local) proper polynomials constitute a sequence of orthogonal polynomials, constructed from the so-called $u$-local spectrum of $G$. These polynomials can be thought of as a generalization, for all graphs, of the distance polynomials for the distance-regular graphs. The (local) adjacency polynomials, which are basically sums of proper polynomials, were recently used to study a new concept of distance-regularity for non-regular graphs, and also to give bounds on some distance-related parameters such as the diameter. Here some new applications of both, the proper and adjacency polynomials, are derived, such as bounds for the radius of $G$ and the weight $k$-excess of a vertex. Given the integers $k,\mu\geq 0$, let $G_k^\mu(u)$ denote the set of vertices which are at distance at least $k$ from a vertex $u\in V$, and there exist exactly $\mu$ (shortest) $k$-paths from $u$ to each of such vertices. As a main result, an upper bound for the cardinality of $G_k^\mu(u)$ is derived, showing that $|G_k^\mu(u)|$ decreases at least as $O(\mu^{-2})$, and the cases in which the bound is attained are characterized. When these results are particularized to regular graphs with four distinct eigenvalues, we reobtain a result of Van Dam about 3-class association schemes, and prove some conjectures of Haemers and Van Dam, about the number of vertices at distance three from every vertex of a regular graph with four distinct eigenvalues —setting $k=2$ and $\mu=0$— and, more generally, the number of non-adjacent vertices to every vertex $u\in V$, which have $\mu$ common neighbours with it.

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