A perfect code $C$ in a graph $Γ$ is an independent set of vertices of $Γ$ such that every vertex outside of $C$ is adjacent to a unique vertex in $C$, and a total perfect code $C$ in $Γ$ is a set of vertices of $Γ$ such that every vertex of $Γ$ is adjacent to a unique vertex in $C$. Let $G$ be a finite group and $X$ a normal subset of $G$. The Cayley sum graph $\mathrm{CS}(G,X)$ of $G$ with the connection set $X$ is the graph with vertex set $G$ and two vertices $g$ and $h$ being adjacent if and only if $gh\in X$ and $g\neq h$. In this paper, we give some necessary conditions of a subgroup of a given group being a (total) perfect code in a Cayley sum graph of the group. As applications, the Cayley sum graphs of some families of groups which admit a subgroup as a (total) perfect code are classified.
In this paper, we consider the problem on the existence of perfect state transfer(PST for short) on semi-Cayley graphs over abelian groups (which are not necessarily regular), i.e on the graphs having semiregular and abelian subgroups of automorphisms with two orbits of equal size. We stablish a characterization of semi-Cayley graphs over abelian groups having PST. As a result, we give a characterization of Cayley graphs over groups with an abelian subgroup of index 2 having PST, which improves the earlier results on Cayley graphs over abelian groups, dihedral groups and dicyclic group and det…
For a finite group $G$ and an inverse-closed generating set $C$ of $G$, let $Aut(G;C)$ consist of those automorphisms of $G$ which leave $C$ invariant. We define an $Aut(G;C)$-invariant normal subgroup $Φ(G;C)$ of $G$ which has the property that, for any $Aut(G;C)$-invariant normal set of generators for $G$, if we remove from it all the elements of $Φ(G;C)$, then the remaining set is still an $Aut(G;C)$-invariant normal generating set for $G$. The subgroup $Φ(G;C)$ contains the Frattini subgroup $Φ(G)$ but the inclusion may be proper. The Cayley graph $Cay(G,C)$ is normal edge-transitive if $A…
A group $G$ splits over a subgroup $C$ if $G$ is either a free product with amalgamation $A \underset{C}{\ast} B$ or an HNN-extension $G=A \underset{C}{\ast} (t)$. We invoke Bass-Serre theory and classify all infinite groups which admit cubic Cayley graphs of connectivity two in terms of splittings over a subgroup.
We correct the statements of two theorems and two corollaries in our paper [On subgroup perfect codes in Cayley graphs, European J. Combin. 91 (2021) 103228]. Proofs of these theorems and three other results are given as well.
In 1988, Duval introduced the concept of directed strongly regular graphs, which can be viewed as a directed graph version of strongly regular graphs. Such directed graphs have similar structural and algebraic properties to strongly regular graphs. In the past three decades, it was found that Cayley graphs, especially those over dihedral groups, play a key role in the construction of directed strongly regular graphs. In this paper, we focus on the characterization of directed strongly regular Cayley graphs over more general groups. Let $G$ be a non-abelian group with an abelian subgroup of ind…
A subset $C$ of the vertex set of a graph $Γ$ is called a perfect code of $Γ$ if every vertex of $Γ$ is at distance no more than one to exactly one vertex in $C$. Let $A$ be a finite abelian group and $T$ a square-free subset of $A$. The Cayley sum graph of $A$ with respect to the connection set $T$ is a simple graph with $A$ as its vertex set, and two vertices $x$ and $y$ are adjacent whenever $x+y\in T$. A subgroup of $A$ is said to be a subgroup perfect code of $A$ if the subgroup is a perfect code of some Cayley sum graph of $A$. In this paper, we give some necessary and sufficient conditi…
Tutte's 3-flow conjecture asserts that every $4$-edge-connected graph admits a nowhere-zero $3$-flow. We prove that this conjecture is true for every Cayley graph of valency at least four on any supersolvable group with a noncyclic Sylow $2$-subgroup and every Cayley graph of valency at least four on any group whose derived subgroup is of square-free order.
School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of St Andrews（圣安德鲁斯大学数学与统计学院）；School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne（墨尔本大学数学与统计学院）
A perfect code in a graph $Γ= (V, E)$ is a subset $C$ of $V$ such that no two vertices in $C$ are adjacent and every vertex in $V \setminus C$ is adjacent to exactly one vertex in $C$. A subgroup $H$ of a group $G$ is called a subgroup perfect code of $G$ if there exists a Cayley graph of $G$ which admits $H$ as a perfect code. Equivalently, $H$ is a subgroup perfect code of $G$ if there exists an inverse-closed subset $A$ of $G$ containing the identity element such that $(A, H)$ is a tiling of $G$ in the sense that every element of $G$ can be uniquely expressed as the product of an element of…
In a graph $Γ$ with vertex set $V$, a subset $C$ of $V$ is called an $(a,b)$-perfect set if every vertex in $C$ has exactly $a$ neighbors in $C$ and every vertex in $V\setminus C$ has exactly $b$ neighbors in $C$, where $a$ and $b$ are nonnegative integers. In the literature $(0,1)$-perfect sets are known as perfect codes and $(1,1)$-perfect sets are known as total perfect codes. In this paper we prove that, for any finite group $G$, if a non-trivial normal subgroup $H$ of $G$ is a perfect code in some Cayley graph of $G$, then it is also an $(a,b)$-perfect set in some Cayley graph of $G$ for …
Let $Γ$ be a graph with vertex set $V(Γ)$. A subset $C$ of $V(Γ)$ is called a perfect code in $Γ$ if $C$ is an independent set of $Γ$ and every vertex in $V(Γ)\setminus C$ is adjacent to exactly one vertex in $C$. A subset $C$ of a group $G$ is called a perfect code of $G$ if there exists a Cayley graph of $G$ which admits $C$ as a perfect code. A group $G$ is said to be code-perfect if every proper subgroup of $G$ is a perfect code of $G$. In this paper we prove that a group is code-perfect if and only if it has no elements of order $4$. We also prove that a proper subgroup $H$ of an abelian …
As a main result of this paper we give conditions under which the generalized $X$-join of Cayley graphs is a Cayley graph. In particular, we show that $X$-join of isomorphic Cayley graphs is a Cayley grpah. To do this, new properties for a generalized wreath product of permutation groups are given in the case where the base group acts regularly. These are used to give conditions for the generalized wreath product to contain a regular subgroup, which are then applied to generalized $X$-joins of Cayley graphs. Along the way, it is shown that the generalized $X$-join of isomorphic Cayley graphs w…
We show that for certain integers $n$, the problem of whether or not a Cayley digraph $Γ$ of $\mathbb Z_n$ is also isomorphic to a Cayley digraph of some other abelian group $G$ of order $n$ reduces to the question of whether or not a natural subgroup of the full automorphism group contains more than one regular abelian group up to isomorphism (as opposed to the full automorphism group). A necessary and sufficient condition is then given for such circulants to be isomorphic to Cayley digraphs of more than one abelian group, and an easy-to-check necessary condition is provided.
A graph $\Ga=(V,E)$ is called a Cayley graph of some group $T$ if the automorphism group $\Aut(\Ga)$ contains a subgroup $T$ which acts on regularly on $V$. If the subgroup $T$ is normal in $\Aut(\Ga)$ then $\Ga$ is called a normal Cayley graph of $T$. Let $r$ be an odd prime. Fang et al. \cite{FMW} proved that, with a finite number of exceptions for finite simple group $T$, every connected symmetric Cayley graph of $T$ of valency $r$ is normal. In this paper, employing maximal factorizations of finite almost simple groups, we work out a possible list of those exceptions for $T$.
Let $Γ$ be a graph with vertex set $V$, and let $a$ and $b$ be nonnegative integers. A subset $C$ of $V$ is called an $(a,b)$-regular set in $Γ$ if every vertex in $C$ has exactly $a$ neighbors in $C$ and every vertex in $V\setminus C$ has exactly $b$ neighbors in $C$. In particular, $(0, 1)$-regular sets and $(1, 1)$-regular sets in $\Ga$ are called perfect codes and total perfect codes in $\Ga$, respectively. A subset $C$ of a group $G$ is said to be an $(a,b)$-regular set of $G$ if there exists a Cayley graph of $G$ which admits $C$ as an $(a,b)$-regular set. In this paper we prove that, fo…
