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We prove a conjecture by Van Dam and Sotirov on the smallest eigenvalue of (distance-$j$) Hamming graphs and a conjecture by Karloff on the smallest eigenvalue of (distance-$j$) Johnson graphs. More generally, we study the smallest…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2018-04-23 Andries E. Brouwer , Sebastian M. Cioabă , Ferdinand Ihringer , Matt McGinnis

In this paper, all graphs whose adjacency matrix has at most two eigenvalues (multiplicities included) different from $2$ and $-1$ are determined. These graphs conclude a class of generalized friendship graphs $F_{t,r,k}, $ which is the…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2018-06-20 Jing Li , Deqiong Li , Yaoping Hou

For any finite, undirected, non-bipartite, vertex-transitive graph, we establish an explicit lower bound for the smallest eigenvalue of its normalised adjacency operator, which depends on the graph only through its degree and its…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-02-09 Arindam Biswas , Jyoti Prakash Saha

In this article, we establish some bounds involving the largest two distance Pareto eigenvalues of a connected graph. Also we characterize all possible values for smallest six distance Pareto eigenvalues of a connected graph.

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2018-12-03 Deepak Sarma

In this paper we determine the graph whose least eigenvalue of signless Laplacian attains the minimum or maximum among all connected non-bipartite graphs of fixed order and given number of pendant vertices. Thus we obtain a lower bound and…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2014-09-19 Yi-Zheng Fan , Yi Wang , Huan Guo

Let $\lambda\geq2$ be an integer. For strongly regular graphs with parameters $(v, k, a,c)$ and smallest eigenvalue $-\lambda$, Neumaier gave two bounds on $c$ by using algebraic property of strongly regular graphs. In this paper, we will…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-09-10 Jack H. Koolen , Brhane Gebremichel , Jae Young Yang , Qianqian Yang

Suppose $G$ is a connected simple graph with the vertex set $V( G ) = \{ v_1,v_2,\cdots ,v_n \} $. Let $d_G( v_i,v_j ) $ be the least distance between $v_i$ and $v_j$ in $G$. Then the distance matrix of $G$ is $D( G ) =( d_{ij} ) _{n\times…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-02-28 Xu Chen , Yinfen Zhu , Guoping Wang

In this paper, we classify commutative weakly distance-regular digraphs of valency 3 with girth more than 2 and one type of arcs. Combining [8, Theorem 1.2], [10, Theorem 1.3] and [11, Theorem 1], commutative weakly distanceregular digraphs…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2017-11-07 Yuefeng Yang , Benjian Lv , Kaishun Wang

In this paper, we show that the edge connectivity of a distance-regular digraph $\Gamma$ with valency $k$ is $k$ and for $k>2$, any minimum edge cut of $\Gamma$ is the set of all edges going into (or coming out of) a single vertex. Moreover…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2017-02-07 S. Ashkboos , G. R. Omidi , F. Shafiei , K. Tajbakhsh

A subset $D\subseteq V(G)$ is called a $k$-distance dominating set of $G$ if every vertex in $V(G)\setminus D$ is within distance $k$ from some vertex of $D$. The minimum cardinality among all $k$-distance dominating sets of $G$ is called…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2018-05-04 D. A. Mojdeh , S. R. Musawi , E. Nazari

We suggest a new type of problem about distances in graphs and make several conjectures. As a first step towards proving them, we show that for sufficiently large values of n and k, a graph on n vertices that has no three vertices at…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2012-08-09 Mykhaylo Tyomkyn , Andrew Uzzell

In this paper, we completely characterize the graphs with third largest distance eigenvalue at most $-1$ and smallest distance eigenvalue at least $-3$. In particular, we determine all graphs whose distance matrices have exactly two…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2016-11-16 Lu Lu , Qiongxiang Huang , Xueyi Huang

The smallest eigenvalues of (distance-j) Hamming graphs with distance parameter j at least half the length were completely determined by Brouwer et al. (2018). In the present work, we address the complementary regime, namely distances j…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-05-28 Yu Ning , Jack H. Koolen , Xiande Zhang

Distance-regular graphs are a class of regualr graphs with pretty combinatorial symmetry. In 2007, Miklavi\v{c} and Poto\v{c}nik proposed the problem of charaterizing distance-regular Cayley graphs, which can be viewed as a natural…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-11-15 Xueyi Huang , Lu Lu , Xiongfeng Zhan

We study the minimum number of distinct eigenvalues over a collection of matrices associated with a graph. Lower bounds are derived based on the existence or non-existence of certain cycle(s) in a graph. A key result proves that every…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-11-22 Shaun Fallat , Himanshu Gupta , Allen Herman , Johnna Parenteau

The goal of this expository note is to give a short, self-contained proof of nearly optimal lower bounds for the second largest eigenvalue of the adjacency matrix of regular graphs.

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-11-22 Igor Balla , Eero Räty , Benny Sudakov , István Tomon

Among all simple nonbipartite 2-connected graphs and among all nonbipartite $\theta$-graphs, the minimum least $Q$-eigenvalues are completely determined, respectively.

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2019-12-02 Guanglong Yu , by Lin Sun , Chao Yan , Yarong Wu , Hailiang Zhang

Weakly distance-regular digraphs is a directed version of distance-regular graphs. In this paper, we characterize all weakly distance-regular digraphs of diameter 2.

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-07-16 Xiangli Wang , Yuefeng Yang

A weakly distance-regular digraph is quasi-thin if the maximum value of its intersection numbers is 2. In this paper, we focus on commutative quasi-thin weakly distance-regular digraphs, and classify such digraphs with valency more than 3.…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2018-10-01 Yuefeng Yang , Benjian Lv , Kaishun Wang

This paper addresses the challenge of spectral analysis and structural investigation for graphs that are not distance-regular, where computing the spectrum using standard methods based on equitable and orbit partitions can be complex. Our…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-11-26 Ali Zafari , Saeid Alikhani