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Spectra of Cayley graphs

Group Theory 2020-08-26 v1 Combinatorics Representation Theory

Abstract

Let GG be a group and SGS\subseteq G its subset such that S=S1S=S^{-1}, where S1={s1sS}S^{-1}=\{s^{-1}\mid s\in S\}. Then {\it the Cayley graph Cay(G,S){\rm Cay}(G,S)} is an undirected graph Γ\Gamma with the vertex set V(Γ)=GV(\Gamma)=G and the edge set E(Γ)={(g,gs)gG,sS}E(\Gamma)=\{(g,gs)\mid g\in G, s\in S\}. A graph Γ\Gamma is said to be {\it integral} if every eigenvalue of the adjacency matrix of Γ\Gamma is integer. In the paper, we prove the following theorem: {\it if a subset S=S1S=S^{-1} of GG is normal and sSskSs\in S\Rightarrow s^k\in S for every kZk\in \mathbb{Z} such that (k,s)=1(k,|s|)=1, then Cay(G,S){\rm Cay}(G,S) is integral.} In particular, {\it if SGS\subseteq G is a normal set of involutions, then Cay(G,S){\rm Cay}(G,S) is integral.} We also use the theorem to prove that {\it if G=AnG=A_n and S={(12i)±1i=3,,n}S=\{(12i)^{\pm1}\mid i=3,\dots,n\}, then Cay(G,S){\rm Cay}(G,S) is integral.} Thus, we give positive solutions for both problems 19.50(a) and 19.50(b) in "Kourovka Notebook".

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@article{arxiv.1808.01391,
  title  = {Spectra of Cayley graphs},
  author = {Wenbin Guo and Daria V. Lytkina and Victor D. Mazurov and Danila O. Revin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1808.01391},
  year   = {2020}
}

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