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The graphs with a symmetrical Euler cycle

Combinatorics 2021-11-05 v1 Group Theory

Abstract

The edges surrounding a face of a map MM form a cycle CC, called the boundary cycle of the face, and CC is often not a simple cycle. If the map MM is arc-transitive, then there is a cyclic subgroup of automorphisms of MM which leaves CC invariant and is bi-regular on the edges of the induced subgraph [C][C]; that is to say, CC is a symmetrical Euler cycle of [C][C]. In this paper we determine the family of graphs (which may have multiple edges) whose edge-sets can be sequenced to form a symmetrical Euler cycle. We first classify all graphs which have a cyclic subgroup of automorphisms acting bi-regularly on edges. We then apply this classification to obtain the graphs possessing a symmetrical Euler cycle, and therefore are the (only) candidates for the induced subgraphs of the boundary cycles of the faces of arc-transitive maps.

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@article{arxiv.2111.02615,
  title  = {The graphs with a symmetrical Euler cycle},
  author = {Jiyong Chen and Cai Heng Li and Cheryl E. Praeger and Shu-Jiao Song},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2111.02615},
  year   = {2021}
}

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31 pages

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