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We study $G$-vertex-primitive and $(G,s)$-arc-transitive digraphs for almost simple groups $G$ with socle $\mathrm{PSL}_n(q)$. It turns out that $s\leqslant2$ for such digraphs, which provides the first step in determining an upper bound on…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2019-04-18 Michael Giudici , Cai Heng Li , Binzhou Xia

We prove that, given a finite graph $\Sigma$ satisfying some mild conditions, there exist infinitely many tetravalent half-arc-transitive normal covers of $\Sigma$. Applying this result, we establish the existence of infinite families of…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2020-11-25 Pablo Spiga , Binzhou Xia

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

Let $\Gamma$ be a finite, undirected, connected, simple graph. We say that a matching $\mathcal{M}$ is a \textit{permutable $m$-matching} if $\mathcal{M}$ contains $m$ edges and the subgroup of $\text{Aut}(\Gamma)$ that fixes the matching…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2020-08-17 Alex Schaefer , Eric Swartz

In this paper, we examine the structure of vertex- and edge-transitive strongly regular graphs, using normal quotient reduction. We show that the irreducible graphs in this family have quasiprimitive automorphism groups, and prove (using…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2009-07-10 Joy Morris , Cheryl E. Praeger , Pablo Spiga

An interesting fact is that most of the known connected $2$-arc-transitive nonnormal Cayley graphs of small valency on finite simple groups are $(\mathrm{A}_{n+1},2)$-arc-transitive Cayley graphs on $\mathrm{A}_n$. This motivates the study…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-03-30 Jiangmin Pan , Binzhou Xia , Fugang Yin

An arc of a graph is an oriented edge and a 3-arc is a 4-tuple $(v,u,x,y)$ of vertices such that both $(v,u,x)$ and $(u,x,y)$ are paths of length two. The 3-arc graph of a graph $G$ is defined to have vertices the arcs of $G$ such that two…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2013-11-14 Guangjun Xu , Sanming Zhou

It is shown that exactly 7 distance-transitive cubic graphs among the existing 12 possess a particular ultrahomogeneous property with respect to oriented cycles realizing the girth that allows the construction of a related Cayley digraph…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2012-06-12 Italo J. Dejter

The investigation of s-arc-transitivity of digraphs can be dated back to 1989 when the third author showed that s can be arbitrarily large if the action on vertices is imprimitive. However, the situation is completely different when the…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2023-04-12 Lei Chen , Michael Giudici , Cheryl E Praeger

A $2$-distance-transitive graph is a vertex-transitive graph whose vertex stabilizer is transitive on both the first step and the second step neighborhoods. In this paper, we first answer a question of A. Devillers, M. Giudici, C. H. Li and…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-08-05 Wei Jin , Jack H. Koolen , Chenhui Lv

We prove two characterisations of accessibility of locally finite quasi-transitive connected graphs. First, we prove that any such graph $G$ is accessible if and only if its set of separations of finite order is an ${\rm Aut}(G)$-finitely…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-09-05 Matthias Hamann , Babak Miraftab

We classify all finite 2-groups that have a cyclic or dihedral maximal subgroup and determine their automorphism groups. Based on this result, we classify all pairs $ (G,\mathcal{M}) $, such that $ G $ is a finite 2-group and $ \mathcal{M}…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2025-08-11 Peice Hua

A graph is said to be {\em half-arc-transitive} if its automorphism group acts transitively on the set of its vertices and edges but not on the set of its arcs. With each half-arc-transitive graph of valency 4 a collection of the so called…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Primoz Sparl

This paper uses the theory of covering graphs to characterize some of the edge-transitive graphs which can arise as token graphs.

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-05-28 Sergio G. Gómez-Galicia , Octavio B. Zapata-Fonseca

We characterize connected tetravalent graphs $\Gamma$ which admit groups $M<H$ of automorphisms such that $\Gamma$ is $M$-half-arc-transitive and $H$-arc-transitive. Examples for each case are constructed, including a counter-example to a…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2025-12-29 Yuandong Li , Binzhou Xia , Jin-Xin Zhou

Determining an upper bound on $s$ for vertex-primitive $s$-arc-transitive digraphs has been an open problem of considerable interest since a question asked by Praeger in 1990. Although much progress has been made and an upper bound is…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-05-05 Jing Jian Li , Yong Tang Shi , Yu Wang , Binzhou Xia

We introduce the notion of recurrence and transience for graphs over non-Archimedean ordered field. To do so we relate these graphs to random walks of directed graphs over the reals. In particular, we give a characterization of the real…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-06-26 Matthias Keller , Anna Muranova

A reductive characterization of arc-transitive circulants was given independently by Kovacs in 2004 and the first author in 2005. In this paper, we give an explicit characterization of arc-transitive circulants and their automorphism…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-02-16 Cai Heng Li , Binzhou Xia , Sanming Zhou

In this article, we are concerned with various aspects of arcs on surfaces. In the first part, we deal with topological aspects of arcs and their complements. We use this understanding, in the second part, to construct interesting actions…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2021-02-18 Federica Fanoni , Tyrone Ghaswala , Alan McLeay

For each of the 14 classes of edge-transitive maps described by Graver and Watkins, necessary and sufficient conditions are given for a group to be the automorphism group of a map, or of an orientable map without boundary, in that class.…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2019-06-26 Gareth A. Jones