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Quasi-isometry is a measure of how similar two graphs are at `large-scale'. Nguyen, Scott, and Seymour [arXiv:2501.09839] and Hickingbotham [arXiv:2501.10840] independently gave a characterisation of graphs quasi-isometric to graphs of…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-12-29 Marc Distel

We establish a quantum version of Frucht's Theorem, proving that every finite quantum group is the quantum automorphism group of an undirected finite quantum graph. The construction is based on first considering several quantum Cayley…

Operator Algebras · Mathematics 2025-10-20 Michael Brannan , Daniel Gromada , Junichiro Matsuda , Adam Skalski , Mateusz Wasilewski

In this article, we study quantum automorphism groups of distance-transitive graphs. We show that the odd graphs, the Hamming graphs $H(n,3)$, the Johnson graphs $J(n,2)$ and the Kneser graphs $K(n,2)$ do not have quantum symmetry. We also…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2020-05-26 Simon Schmidt

In 2020, Dahlberg, She, and van Willigenburg conjectured that the chromatic symmetric function of any tree with maximum degree at least 4 is not e-positive. Zheng and Tom verified this conjecture for all trees with maximum degree at least 5…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-02-11 Ethan Y. H. Li

We prove that every graph which admits a tree-decomposition into finite parts has a rooted tree-decomposition into finite parts that is linked, tight and componental. As an application, we obtain that every graph without half-grid minor has…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-05-14 Sandra Albrechtsen , Raphael W. Jacobs , Paul Knappe , Max Pitz

We present a new probabilistic proof of Otter's asymptotic formula for the number of unlabelled trees with a given number of vertices. We additionally prove a new approximation result, showing that the total variation distance between…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-03-11 Benedikt Stufler

We show that the fundamental groups of any two closed irreducible non-geometric graph-manifolds are quasi-isometric. This answers a question of Kapovich and Leeb. We also classify the quasi-isometry types of fundamental groups of…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2010-04-13 Jason A. Behrstock , Walter D. Neumann

We prove that the chromatic symmetric function of any $n$-vertex tree containing a vertex of degree $d\geq \log _2n +1$ is not $e$-positive, that is, not a positive linear combination of elementary symmetric functions. Generalizing this, we…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2019-12-17 Samantha Dahlberg , Adrian She , Stephanie van Willigenburg

Given a quantum system consisting of many parts, we show that symmetry of the system's state, i.e., invariance under swappings of the subsystems, implies that almost all of its parts are virtually identical and independent of each other.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2011-11-09 Renato Renner

We show that the quantum automorphism group of the Clebsch graph is $SO_5^{-1}$. This answers a question by Banica, Bichon and Collins from 2007. More general for odd $n$, the quantum automorphism group of the folded $n$-cube graph is…

Operator Algebras · Mathematics 2022-10-03 Simon Schmidt

The paper is concerned with the number of open gaps in spectra of periodic quantum graphs. The well-known conjecture by Bethe and Sommerfeld (1933) says that the number of open spectral gaps for a system periodic in more than one direction…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2017-11-16 Pavel Exner , Ondřej Turek

An automorphism of a graph is called quasi-semiregular if it fixes a unique vertex of the graph and its remaining cycles have the same length. This kind of symmetry of graphs was first investigated by Kutnar, Malni\v{c}, Mart\'{i}nez and…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-08-02 Fu-Gang Yin , Yan-Quan Feng , Jin-Xin Zhou , A-Hui Jia

We prove that Rado's graph admits no quantum symmetries.

Quantum Algebra · Mathematics 2025-11-25 Husam Ismaeel

We prove that no tree contains a set of three vertices which are pairwise strongly cospectral. This answers a question raised by Godsil and Smith in 2017.

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-06-08 Gabriel Coutinho , Emanuel Juliano , Thomás Jung Spier

We prove that for every pair of quantum isomorphic graphs, their block trees and their block graphs are isomorphic, and that such an isomorphism can be chosen so that the corresponding blocks are quantum isomorphic -- in particular,…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-10-23 Amaury Freslon , Paul Meunier , Pegah Pournajafi

We give a characterisation of quantum automorphism groups of trees. In particular, for every tree, we show how to iteratively construct its quantum automorphism group using free products and free wreath products. This can be considered a…

Quantum Algebra · Mathematics 2023-11-09 Josse van Dobben de Bruyn , Prem Nigam Kar , David E. Roberson , Simon Schmidt , Peter Zeman

The notion of the quantum automorphism group of a graph was introduced by J. Bichon in 2003 and T. Banica in 2005 respectively. This article explores primarily the quantum automorphism group of a graph $\Gamma$, denoted by…

Operator Algebras · Mathematics 2025-11-20 Rajibul Haque , Ujjal Karmakar , Arnab Mandal

We initiate a systematic study of quantum properties of finite graphs, namely, quantum asymmetry, quantum symmetry, and quantum isomorphism. We define the Schmidt alternative for a class of graphs, which reveals to be a useful tool for…

Operator Algebras · Mathematics 2024-05-09 Paul Meunier

Robertson and Seymour proved that for every finite tree $H$, there exists $k$ such that every finite graph $G$ with no $H$ minor has path-width at most $k$; and conversely, for every integer $k$, there is a finite tree $H$ such that every…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-09-16 Tung Nguyen , Alex Scott , Paul Seymour

Erd\H{o}s and R\'{e}nyi showed the paradoxical result that there is a unique (and highly symmetric) countably infinite random graph. This graph, and its automorphism group, form the subject of the present survey.

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2013-02-01 Peter J. Cameron