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On the automorphism group of a Johnson graph

Combinatorics 2014-12-17 v1

Abstract

The Johnson graph J(n,i)J(n,i) is defined to the graph whose vertex set is the set of all ii-element subsets of {1,,n}\{1,\ldots,n\}, and two vertices are joined whenever the cardinality of their intersection is equal to i1i-1. In Ramras and Donovan [\emph{SIAM J. Discrete Math}, 25(1): 267-270, 2011], it is conjectured that if n=2in=2i, then the automorphism group of the Johnson graph J(n,i)J(n,i) is Sn×TS_n \times \langle T \rangle, where TT is the complementation map A{1,,n}AA \mapsto \{1,\ldots,n\} \setminus A. We resolve this conjecture in the affirmative. The proof uses only elementary group theory and is based on an analysis of the clique structure of the graph.

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@article{arxiv.1412.5055,
  title  = {On the automorphism group of a Johnson graph},
  author = {Ashwin Ganesan},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1412.5055},
  year   = {2014}
}