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Complete multipartite graphs that are determined, up to switching, by their Seidel spectrum

Combinatorics 2019-02-08 v1

Abstract

It is known that complete multipartite graphs are determined by their distance spectrum but not by their adjacency spectrum. The Seidel spectrum of a graph GG on more than one vertex does not determine the graph, since any graph obtained from GG by Seidel switching has the same Seidel spectrum. We consider GG to be determined by its Seidel spectrum, up to switching, if any graph with the same spectrum is switching equivalent to a graph isomorphic to GG. It is shown that any graph which has the same spectrum as a complete kk-partite graph is switching equivalent to a complete kk-partite graph, and if the different partition sets sizes are p1,,plp_1,\ldots, p_l, and there are at least three partition sets of each size pip_i, i=1,,li=1,\ldots, l, then GG is determined, up to switching, by its Seidel spectrum. Sufficient conditions for a complete tripartite graph to be determined by its Seidel spectrum are discussed, and a conjecture is made on complete tripartite graphs on more than 18 vertices.

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@article{arxiv.1902.02575,
  title  = {Complete multipartite graphs that are determined, up to switching, by their Seidel spectrum},
  author = {Abraham Berman and Shaked-Monderer and Ranveer Singh and Xiao-Dong Zhang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1902.02575},
  year   = {2019}
}

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