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Spectral Theory of the Toroidal 3D Queen Graph

Combinatorics 2026-04-07 v1 Spectral Theory

Abstract

We study the adjacency spectrum of the toroidal three-dimensional queen graph GnG_n on (Zn)3(\mathbb{Z}_n)^3. Since GnG_n is a Cayley graph on an abelian group, its adjacency matrix is diagonalized by Fourier characters. For each frequency a(Zn)3a\in(\mathbb{Z}_n)^3, the corresponding eigenvalue is λ(a)=nμ(a)13\lambda(a)=n\mu(a)-13, where μ(a)\mu(a) counts the queen directions orthogonal to aa modulo nn. In the generic odd case, meaning nn odd with 3n3\nmid n, the possible values of μ(a)\mu(a) are exactly 0,1,2,3,4,0,1,2,3,4, and 1313, and each multiplicity is given by an explicit polynomial in nn. The proof combines a geometric classification of frequency points by orthogonality type with two global counting identities.

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@article{arxiv.2604.03842,
  title  = {Spectral Theory of the Toroidal 3D Queen Graph},
  author = {Mahesh Ramani},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2604.03842},
  year   = {2026}
}

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