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We prove that, if $\Gamma$ is a finite connected cubic vertex-transitive graph, then either there exists a semiregular automorphism of $\Gamma$ of order at least $6$, or the number of vertices of $\Gamma$ is bounded above by an absolute…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-12-20 Marco Barbieri , Valentina Grazian , Pablo Spiga

This paper deals with finite cubic ($3$-regular) graphs whose automorphism group acts transitively on the edges of the graph. Such graphs split into two broad classes, namely arc-transitive and semisymmetric cubic graphs, and then these…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-02-05 Marston Conder , Primož Potočnik

In this paper we investigate orders, longest cycles and the number of cycles of automorphisms of finite vertex-transitive graphs. In particular, we show that the order of every automorphism of a connected vertex-transitive graph with $n$…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-06-15 Primoz Potocnik , Micael Toledo , Gabriel Verret

A graph $\Gamma$ is said to be symmetric if its automorphism group $\rm Aut(\Gamma)$ acts transitively on the arc set of $\Gamma$. In this paper, we show that if $\Gamma$ is a finite connected heptavalent symmetric graph with solvable…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2017-10-04 Jia-Li Du , Yan-Quan Feng , Yu-Qin Liu

A graph is said to be {\em vertex-transitive non-Cayley} if its full automorphism group acts transitively on its vertices and contains no subgroups acting regularly on its vertices. In this paper, a complete classification of cubic…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2017-05-15 Wei-Juan Zhang , Yan-Quan Feng , Jin-Xin Zhou

A graph is vertex-transitive if its automorphism group acts transitively on vertices of the graph. A vertex-transitive graph is a Cayley graph if its automorphism group contains a subgroup acting regularly on its vertices. In this paper,…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2022-03-10 Majid Arezoomand , Mohsen Ghasemi , Mohammad A. Iranmanesh

A graph $\G$ is {\em symmetric} or {\em arc-transitive} if its automorphism group $\Aut(\G)$ is transitive on the arc set of the graph, and $\G$ is {\em basic} if $\Aut(\G)$ has no non-trivial normal subgroup $N$ such that the quotient…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2017-07-18 Da-Wei Yang , Yan-Quan Feng , Jin Ho Kwak , Jaeun Lee

A subgroup of the automorphism group of a graph acts {\em half-arc-transitively} on the graph if it acts transitively on the vertex-set and on the edge-set of the graph but not on the arc-set of the graph. If the full automorphism group of…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-12-09 Štefko Miklavič , Primož Šparl , Stephen E. Wilson

We study finite four-valent graphs Gamma admitting an edge-transitive group G of automorphisms such that G determines and preserves an edge-orientation on Gamma, and such that at least one G-normal quotient is a cycle (a quotient modulo the…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2016-12-20 Jehan A. Al-bar , Ahmad N. Al-kenani , Najat Mohammad Muthana , Cheryl E. Praeger

According to the O'Nan--Scott Theorem, a finite primitive permutation group either preserves a structure of one of three types (affine space, Cartesian lattice, or diagonal semilattice), or is almost simple. However, diagonal groups are a…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-01-08 R. A. Bailey , Peter J. Cameron

For an integer $s\geq1$ and a graph $\Gamma$, a path $(u_0, u_1, \ldots, u_{s})$ composed of vertices of $\Gamma$ is called an {\em $s$-geodesic} if it is a shortest path between $u_0$ and $u_s$. We say that $\Gamma$ is {\em $s$-geodesic…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-12-29 Jun-Jie Huang

The motion of a graph is the minimum number of vertices that are moved by a non-trivial automorphism. Equivalently, it can be defined as the minimal degree of its automorphism group (as a permutation group on the vertices). In this paper we…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-03-28 Antonio Montero , Primož Potočnik

Let $\Gamma$ be a finite X-symmetric graph with a nontrivial X-invariant partition $\mathcal {B}$ on $V(\Gamma)$ such that $\Gamma_{\mathcal {B}}$ is a connected (X,2)-arc-transitive graph and $\Gamma$ is not a multicover of…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2009-06-02 Bin Jia , Zaiping Lu , Gaixia Wang

A graph is said to be symmetric if its automorphism group is transitive on its arcs. Guo et al. (Electronic J. Combin. 18, \#P233, 2011) and Pan et al. (Electronic J. Combin. 20, \#P36, 2013) determined all pentavalent symmetric graphs of…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2017-02-21 Bo Ling , Ben Gong Lou , Ci Xuan Wu

Given a finite transitive permutation group $G\leq \operatorname{Sym}(\Omega)$, with $|\Omega|\geq 2$, the derangement graph $\Gamma_G$ of $G$ is the Cayley graph $\operatorname{Cay}(G,\operatorname{Der}(G))$, where $\operatorname{Der}(G)$…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-09-07 Andriaherimanana Sarobidy Razafimahatratra

A non-complete graph $\Gamma$ is said to be $(G,2)$-distance transitive if $G$ is a subgroup of the automorphism group of $\Gamma$ that is transitive on the vertex set of $\Gamma$, and for any vertex $u$ of $\Gamma$, the stabilizer $G_u$ is…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2015-07-07 Brian P. Corr , Wei Jin , Csaba Schneider

A graph is called {\em arc-transitive} (or {\em symmetric}) if its automorphism group has a single orbit on ordered pairs of adjacent vertices, and 2-arc-transitive its automorphism group has a single orbit on ordered paths of length 2. In…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2014-09-30 Marston D. E. Conder , Cai-Heng Li , Primoz Potocnik

We construct an infinite family of 6-regular graphs $\{G_n\}_{n\ge 3}$ by taking $n$ copies of the Petersen graph and wiring corresponding vertices according to an $n$-cycle permutation. Each $G_n$ has $10n$ vertices, $30n$ edges, and…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-03-18 Stuart E. Anderson

We prove that, if $\Gamma$ is a finite connected $3$-valent vertex-transitive, or $4$-valent vertex- and edge-transitive graph, then either $\Gamma$ is part of a well-understood family of graphs, or every non-identity automorphism of…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-12-20 Marco Barbieri , Valentina Grazian , Pablo Spiga

A vertex triple $(u,v,w)$ of a graph is called a $2$-geodesic if $v$ is adjacent to both $u$ and $w$ and $u$ is not adjacent to $w$. A graph is said to be $2$-geodesic transitive if its automorphism group is transitive on the set of…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-07-28 Jun-Jie Huang , Yan-Quan Feng , Jin-Xin Zhou , Fu-Gang Yin