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Let $n\geq k\geq 2$ be two integers and $S$ a subset of $\{0,1,\dots,k-1\}$. The graph $J_{S}(n,k)$ has as vertices the $k$-subsets of the $n$-set $[n]=\{1,\dots,n\}$ and two $k$-subsets $A$ and $B$ are adjacent if $|A\cap B|\in S$. In this…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2017-08-10 Sebastian M. Cioabă , Willem H. Haemers , Travis Johnston , Matt McGinnis

This paper establishes an upper bound on the number of generalized cospectral mates of simple graphs, where the generalized spectrum consists of the spectrum of a graph and its complement. Moving beyond the classical problem of identifying…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-03-24 Muhammad Raza , Obaid Ullah Ahmad , Mudassir Shabbir , Waseem Abbas

In 2003, van Dam and Haemers posed a fundamental question in spectral graph theory: does there exist a ``sensible'' matrix whose spectrum determines a random graph up to isomorphism? This paper introduces the class of {\em natural graph…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-02-03 Ziqing Xiang

Complement-reducible graphs (or cographs) are the graphs formed from the single-vertex graph by the operations of complement and disjoint union. By combining the Johnson-Newman theorem on generalized cospectrality with the standard tools in…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-07-23 Wei Wang , Ximei Huang

In this article, following [A.~Daneshgar, M.~Hejrati, M.~Madani, {\it On cylindrical graph construction and its applications}, EJC, 23(1) p1.29, 45, 2016] we study the spectra of symmetric cylindrical constructs, generalizing some…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2016-10-11 Amir Daneshgar , Ali Taherkhani

In this brief communication, we investigate the cospectral as well integral chain graphs for Seidel matrix, a key component to study the structural properties of equiangular lines in space. We derive a formula that allows to generate an…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-08-02 Santanu Mandal

The spectrum of the normalized Laplacian matrix cannot determine the number of edges in a graph, however finding constructions of cospectral graphs with differing number of edges has been elusive. In this paper we use basic properties of…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2014-10-27 Steve Butler

Let $M\circ N$ denote the Schur product of two matrices $M$ and $N$. A graph $X$ with adjacency matrix $A$ is walk regular if $A^k\circ I$ is a constant times $I$ for each $k\ge0$, and $X$ is 1-walk-regular if it is walk regular and…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-01-28 Chris Godsil , Wanting Sun , Xiaohong Zhang

Assumed to be undirected, simple, and connected are all of the graphs in this study, and adjacency matrix $A$ serves as the associated matrix. In this paper we show that it is possible to relate a creation sequence for a type of cographs…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-01-09 Santanu Mandal , Ranjit Mehatari

We study cospectral vertices on finite graphs in relation to the echolocation problem on Riemannian manifolds. First, We prove a computationally simple criterion to determine whether two vertices are cospectral. Then, we use this criterion…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-07-22 Shi-Lei Kong , Emmett L. Wyman , Yakun Xi

In 1992, Godsil and Hensel published a ground-breaking study of distance-regular antipodal covers of the complete graph that, among other things, introduced an important connection with equi-isoclinic subspaces. This connection seems to…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-12-27 Matthew Fickus , Joseph W. Iverson , John Jasper , Dustin G. Mixon

We formalize the notion of a sedentary vertex and present a relaxation of the concept of a sedentary family of graphs introduced by Godsil [Linear Algebra Appl. 614:356-375, 2021]. We provide sufficient conditions for a given vertex in a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-12-29 Hermie Monterde

In a recent series of papers, Hosoya drew the attention to a particular aspect of constructing cospectral graphs by using coalescences: that cospectral graphs can be constructed by attaching multiple copies of a rooted graph in different…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-09-21 Salem Al-Yakoob , Ali Kanso , Dragan Stevanović

We study torsional rigidity for graph and quantum graph analogs of well-known pairs of isospectral non-isometric planar domains. We prove that such isospectral pairs are distinguished by torsional rigidity.

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2017-01-04 Don Colladay , Leon Kaganovskiy , Patrick McDonald

New criteria for which Cayley graphs of cyclic groups of any order can be completely determined--up to isomorphism--by the eigenvalues of their adjacency matrices is presented. Secondly, a new construction for pairs of nonisomorphic Cayley…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2009-04-14 Julia Brown

Two emerging topics in graph theory are the study of cospectral vertices of a graph, and the study of isospectral reductions of graphs. In this paper, we prove a fundamental relationship between these two areas, which is that two vertices…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2019-06-19 Mark Kempton , John Sinkovic , Dallas Smith , Benjamin Webb

Mirror graphs were introduced by Bre\v{s}ar et al. in 2004 as an intriguing class of graphs: vertex-transitive, isometrically embeddable into hypercubes, having a strong connection with regular maps and polytope structure. In this article…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2016-09-05 Tilen Marc

A concept of germ graphs and the M-function formalism are employed to construct large families of isospectral and isoscattering graphs. This approach represents a complete departure from the original approach pioneered by Sunada, where…

Two graphs are co-spectral if their respective adjacency matrices have the same multi-set of eigenvalues. A graph is said to be determined by its spectrum if all graphs that are co-spectral with it are isomorphic to it. We consider these…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2016-09-15 Anuj Dawar , Simone Severini , Octavio Zapata

A switching method is a graph operation that results in cospectral graphs (graphs with the same spectrum). Work by Wang and Xu [Discrete Math. 310 (2010)] suggests that most cospectral graphs with cospectral complements can be constructed…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-04-30 Aida Abiad , Nils van de Berg , Robin Simoens