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Finding automorphism groups of double coset graphs and Cayley graphs are equivalent

Combinatorics 2024-07-03 v1

Abstract

It has long been known that a vertex-transitive graph Γ\Gamma is isomorphic to a double coset graph Cos(G,H,S)\text{Cos}(G,H,S) of a transitive group GAut(Γ)G\le\text{Aut}(\Gamma), a vertex stabilizer HGH\le G, and some subset SGS\subseteq G. We show that the automorphism group of the Cayley graph Cay(G,S)\text{Cay}(G,S) with connection set SS can be obtained from the automorphism group of Cos(G,H,S)\text{Cos}(G,H,S) and vice versa. We also show that the isomorphism problem for double coset graphs is equivalent to the isomorphism problem for Cayley graphs provided one knows all groups GG for which a fixed Cayley graph is a Cayley graph of GG. Our main tool is a "recognition theorem", which recognizes when a Cayley graph of a group GG is a wreath product of two graphs based upon its connection set.

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@article{arxiv.2407.02316,
  title  = {Finding automorphism groups of double coset graphs and Cayley graphs are equivalent},
  author = {Rachel Barber and Ted Dobson},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2407.02316},
  year   = {2024}
}

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This work is supported in part by the Slovenian Research Agency (research program P1-0285 and research projects N1-0140, N1-0160, J1-2451, N1-0208, J1-3001, J1-3003, J1-4008, and J1-50000)