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Complete resolution of the circulant nut graph order-degree existence problem

Combinatorics 2025-06-09 v1 Number Theory

Abstract

A circulant nut graph is a non-trivial simple graph such that its adjacency matrix is a circulant matrix whose null space is spanned by a single vector without zero elements. Regarding these graphs, the order-degree existence problem can be thought of as the mathematical problem of determining all the possible pairs (n,d)(n, d) for which there exists a dd-regular circulant nut graph of order nn. This problem was initiated by Ba\v{s}i\'c et al. and the first major results were obtained by Damnjanovi\'c and Stevanovi\'c, who proved that for each odd t3t \ge 3 such that t̸101t\not\equiv_{10}1 and t̸1815t\not\equiv_{18}15, there exists a 4t4t-regular circulant nut graph of order nn for each even n4t+4n \ge 4t + 4. Afterwards, Damnjanovi\'c improved these results by showing that there necessarily exists a 4t4t-regular circulant nut graph of order nn whenever tt is odd, nn is even, and n4t+4n \ge 4t + 4 holds, or whenever tt is even, nn is such that n42n \equiv_4 2, and n4t+6n \ge 4t + 6 holds. In this paper, we extend the aforementioned results by completely resolving the circulant nut graph order-degree existence problem. In other words, we fully determine all the possible pairs (n,d)(n, d) for which there exists a dd-regular circulant nut graph of order nn.

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@article{arxiv.2212.03026,
  title  = {Complete resolution of the circulant nut graph order-degree existence problem},
  author = {Ivan Damnjanović},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2212.03026},
  year   = {2025}
}

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arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:2210.08334

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