On the Aα-spectrum of joined union of digraphs

Let [Formula: see text] be a digraph of order [Formula: see text] and let [Formula: see text] be the adjacency matrix of [Formula: see text] Let Deg[Formula: see text] be the diagonal matrix of vertex out-degrees of [Formula: see text] For any real [Formula: see text] the generalized adjacency matrix [Formula: see text] of the digraph [Formula: see text] is defined as [Formula: see text] This matrix generalizes the spectral theories of the adjacency matrix and the signless Laplacian matrix of [Formula: see text]. In this paper, we find [Formula: see text]-spectrum of the joined union of digraphs in terms of spectrum of adjacency matrices of its components and the eigenvalues of an auxiliary matrix determined by the joined union. We determine the [Formula: see text]-spectrum of join of two regular digraphs and the join of a regular digraph with the union of two regular digraphs of distinct degrees. As applications, we obtain the [Formula: see text]-spectrum of various families of unsymmetric digraphs.

Minimum Cuts of Distance-Regular Digraphs

In this paper, we investigate the structure of minimum vertex and edge cuts of distance-regular digraphs. We show that each distance-regular digraph $\Gamma$, different from an undirected cycle, is super edge-connected, that is, any minimum edge cut of $\Gamma$ is the set of all edges going into (or coming out of) a single vertex. Moreover, we will show that except for undirected cycles, any distance regular-digraph $\Gamma$ with diameter $D=2$, degree $k\leq 3$ or $\lambda=0$ ($\lambda$ is the number of 2-paths from $u$ to $v$ for an edge $uv$ of $\Gamma$) is super vertex-connected, that is, any minimum vertex cut of $\Gamma$ is the set of all out-neighbors (or in-neighbors) of a single vertex in $\Gamma$. These results extend the same known results for the undirected case with quite different proofs.

Normally Regular Digraphs

A normally regular digraph with parameters $(v,k,\lambda,\mu)$ is a directed graph on $v$ vertices whose adjacency matrix $A$ satisfies the equation $AA^t=k I+\lambda (A+A^t)+\mu(J-I-A-A^t)$. This means that every vertex has out-degree $k$, a pair of non-adjacent vertices have $\mu$ common out-neighbours, a pair of vertices connected by an edge in one direction have $\lambda$ common out-neighbours and a pair of vertices connected by edges in both directions have $2\lambda-\mu$ common out-neighbours. We often assume that two vertices can not be connected in both directions. We prove that the adjacency matrix of a normally regular digraph is normal. A connected $k$-regular digraph with normal adjacency matrix is a normally regular digraph if and only if all eigenvalues other than $k$ are on one circle in the complex plane. We prove several non-existence results, structural characterizations, and constructions of normally regular digraphs. In many cases these graphs are Cayley graphs of abelian groups and the construction is then based on a generalization of difference sets.We also show connections to other combinatorial objects: strongly regular graphs, symmetric 2-designs and association schemes.

ON THE REGULAR DIGRAPH OF IDEALS OF COMMUTATIVE RINGS

Let$R$be a commutative ring. The regular digraph of ideals of$R$, denoted by$\Gamma (R)$, is a digraph whose vertex set is the set of all nontrivial ideals of$R$and, for every two distinct vertices$I$and$J$, there is an arc from$I$to$J$whenever$I$contains a nonzero divisor on$J$. In this paper, we study the connectedness of$\Gamma (R)$. We also completely characterise the diameter of this graph and determine the number of edges in$\Gamma (R)$, whenever$R$is a finite direct product of fields. Among other things, we prove that$R$has a finite number of ideals if and only if$\mathrm {N}_{\Gamma (R)}(I)$is finite, for all vertices$I$in$\Gamma (R)$, where$\mathrm {N}_{\Gamma (R)}(I)$is the set of all adjacent vertices to$I$in$\Gamma (R)$.

TRANSMISSION FAULT-TOLERANCE OF ITERATED LINE DIGRAPHS

The main result of this paper states that, if every cyclic modification of a d-regular digraph has super line-connectivity d, then the line digraph also has super line-connectivity d. Since many well-known interconnection network topologies, such as the Kautz digraphs, the de Bruijn digraphs, etc., can be constructed by iterating the line digraph construction, our result leads to several known and new connectivity results for these topologies, as shown later in the paper.