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Infinite primitive directed graphs

Combinatorics 2013-02-19 v1 Group Theory

Abstract

A group GG of permutations of a set Ω\Omega is {\em primitive} if it acts transitively on Ω\Omega, and the only GG-invariant equivalence relations on Ω\Omega are the trivial and universal relations. A graph Γ\Gamma is {\em primitive} if its automorphism group acts primitively on its vertex set. A graph Γ\Gamma has {\em connectivity one} if it is connected and there exists a vertex α\alpha of Γ\Gamma, such that the induced graph Γ{α}\Gamma \setminus \{\alpha\} is not connected. If Γ\Gamma has connectivity one, a {\em block} of Γ\Gamma is a connected subgraph that is maximal subject to the condition that it does not have connectivity one. The primitive undirected graphs with connectivity one have been fully classified by Jung and Watkins: the blocks of such graphs are primitive, pairwise-isomorphic and have at least three vertices. When one considers the general case of a directed primitive graph with connectivity one, however, this result no longer holds. In this paper we investigate the structure of these directed graphs, and obtain a complete characterisation.

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@article{arxiv.math/0602011,
  title  = {Infinite primitive directed graphs},
  author = {Simon Smith},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0602011},
  year   = {2013}
}

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12 pages