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On Realizing Reconfiguration Graphs of Cliques

Combinatorics 2026-04-07 v1 Discrete Mathematics

Abstract

For a graph HH and an integer k1k\ge 1, the \emph{Token Sliding reconfiguration graph} TSk(H)\mathsf{TS}_k(H) and the \emph{Token Jumping reconfiguration graph} TJk(H)\mathsf{TJ}_k(H) have as vertices the kk-cliques of HH, with two vertices adjacent when one clique is obtained from the other by replacing one vertex with an adjacent non-member, and respectively by an arbitrary non-member. For a target graph GG, we study the feasibility sets KTS(G)\mathcal{K}^{\mathsf{TS}}(G) and KTJ(G)\mathcal{K}^{\mathsf{TJ}}(G), consisting of all integers kk for which GG is isomorphic to TSk(H)\mathsf{TS}_k(H) and TJk(H)\mathsf{TJ}_k(H), respectively, for some graph HH. We determine the exact feasibility sets for complete graphs, paths, cycles, complete bipartite graphs, book graphs, friendship graphs, and their complements, and give complete classifications for all Johnson graphs.

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@article{arxiv.2604.03567,
  title  = {On Realizing Reconfiguration Graphs of Cliques},
  author = {Duc A. Hoang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2604.03567},
  year   = {2026}
}

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