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The distance matrix of a connected graph is the symmetric matrix with columns and rows indexed by the vertices and entries that are the pairwise distances between the corresponding vertices. We give a construction for graphs which differ in…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2016-06-23 Kristin Heysse

A constructive method is given for obtaining cospectral vertices in undirected graphs, along with an operation that preserves this construction. We prove that the construction yields cospectral vertices, as well as strongly cospectral…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-01-07 Onur Ege Erden , Fatihcan M. Atay

We prove that for a pair of cospectral graphs G and H, there exist their non trivial lifts G0 and H0 which are cospectral. More over for a pair of cospectral graphs on 6 vertices, we find some cospectral lifts of them.

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2016-01-12 F. Ramezani

Let $X$ be a graph with adjacency matrix $A$. The \textsl{continuous quantum walk} on $X$ is determined by the unitary matrices $U(t)=\exp(itA)$. If $X$ is the complete graph $K_n$ and $a\in V(X)$, then \[1-|U(t)_{a,a}|\le2/n. \] In a…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2017-11-01 Chris Godsil

For vertex and edge connectivity we construct infinitely many pairs of regular graphs with the same spectrum, but with different connectivity.

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2019-09-12 Willem H. Haemers

We consider matrices of the form $qD+A$, with $D$ being the diagonal matrix of degrees, $A$ being the adjacency matrix, and $q$ a fixed value. Given a graph $H$ and $B\subseteq V(G)$, which we call a coalescent pair $(H,B)$, we derive a…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-09-09 Steve Butler , Elena D'Avanzo , Rachel Heikkinen , Joel Jeffries , Alyssa Kruczek , Harper Niergarth

The search for a highly discriminating and easily computable invariant to distinguish graphs remains a challenging research topic. Here we focus on cospectral graphs whose complements are also cospectral (generalized cospectral), and on…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-04-17 Aida Abiad , Carlos A. Alfaro , Ralihe R. Villagrán

Let $n$ be any positive integer and let $F_n$ be the friendship (or Dutch windmill) graph with $2n+1$ vertices and $3n$ edges. Here we study graphs with the same adjacency spectrum as the $F_n$. Two graphs are called cospectral if the…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2013-07-23 Alireza Abdollahi , Shahrooz Janbaz , Mohammad Reza Oboudi

Centrality measures are used in network science to identify the most important vertices for transmission of information and dynamics on a graph. One of these measures, introduced by Estrada and collaborators, is the $\beta$-subgraph…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-06-08 Francesco Ballini , Nikita Deniskin

We give a construction of a family of (weighted) graphs that are pairwise cospectral with respect to the normalized Laplacian matrix, or equivalently probability transition matrix. This construction can be used to form pairs of cospectral…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2015-07-08 Steve Butler , Kristin Heysse

Let $(X,E_X)$ and $(V,E_V)$ be finite connected graphs without loops. We assume that $V$ has two distinguished vertices $a,b$ and an automorphism $\gamma$ which exchanges $a$ and~$b$. The $V$-edge substitution of $X$ is the graph $X[V]$…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-08-21 Thomas Hirschler , Wolfgang Woess

Let $D$ be an oriented graph with skew adjacency matrix $S(D)$. Two oriented graphs $D$ and $C$ are said to share the same generalized skew spectrum if $S(D)$ and $S(C)$ have the same eigenvalues, and $J-S(D)$ and $J-S(C)$ also have the…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-04-25 Muhammad Raza , Obaid Ullah Ahmed , Mudassir Shabbir , Xenofon Koutsoukos , Waseem Abbas

In this short note, we introduce cospectral graphons, paralleling the notion of cospectral graphs. As in the graph case, we give three equivalent definitions: by equality of spectra, by equality of cycle densities, and by a unitary…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-11-21 Jan Hladký , Daniel Iľkovič , Jared León , Xichao Shu

If a quantum walk starting on a vertex tends to stay at home, then that vertex is said to be sedentary. We prove that almost all planar graphs and almost all trees contain at least two sedentary vertices for any assignment of edge weights…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-01-28 Karen Meagher , Hermie Monterde

A graph $G$ is said to be \textit{determined by its generalized spectrum} (DGS for short) if for any graph $H$, $H$ and $G$ are cospectral with cospectral complements implies that $H$ is isomorphic to $G$. In \cite{WX,WX1}, Wang and Xu gave…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2013-09-25 Wei Wang

For any metric $d$ on $\mathbb{R}^2$, an ($\mathbb{R}^2,d$)-geometric graph is a graph whose vertices are points in $\mathbb{R}^2$, and two vertices are adjacent if and only if their distance is at most 1. If $d=\|.\|_{\infty}$, the metric…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2016-10-26 Huda Chuangpishit , Jeannette Janssen

We define $G$-cospectrality of two $G$-gain graphs $(\Gamma,\psi)$ and $(\Gamma',\psi')$, proving that it is a switching isomorphism invariant. When $G$ is a finite group, we prove that $G$-cospectrality is equivalent to cospectrality with…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-06-13 Matteo Cavaleri , Alfredo Donno

We study a generalization of strongly regular graphs. We call a graph strongly walk-regular if there is an $\ell >1$ such that the number of walks of length $\ell$ from a vertex to another vertex depends only on whether the two vertices are…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2013-01-31 Edwin R. van Dam , Gholamreza Omidi

We examine the adjacency spectrum of trees with diameter three, also referred to as double stars. Using $P_2(a,b)$ to denote a double star with $ a$ and $b$ leaves at its respective endpoints, we discuss graphs which are cospectral to…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-06-10 Emily Barranca , Michael D. Barrus

In this paper, a new measurement to compare two large-scale graphs based on the theory of quantum probability is proposed. An explicit form for the spectral distribution of the corresponding adjacency matrix of a graph is established. Our…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2018-07-03 Hayoung Choi , Hosoo Lee , Yifei Shen , Yuanming Shi