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We prove sharp limit theorems on random walks on graphs with values in finite groups. We then apply these results (together with some elementary algebraic geometry, number theory, and representation theory) to finite quotients of lattices…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Igor Rivin

An infinite graph is quasi-transitive if its vertex set has finitely many orbits under the action of its automorphism group. In this paper we obtain a structure theorem for locally finite quasi-transitive graphs avoiding a minor, which is…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-09-13 Louis Esperet , Ugo Giocanti , Clément Legrand-Duchesne

A graph $G = (V, E)$ is said to be word-representable if a word $w$ can be formed using the letters of the alphabet $V$ such that for every pair of vertices $x$ and $y$, $xy \in E$ if and only if $x$ and $y$ alternate in $w$. A…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-01-29 Eshwar Srinivasan , Ramesh Hariharasubramanian

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

A graph $G=(V,E)$ is a \emph{word-representable graph} if there exists a word $W$ over the alphabet $V$ such that letters $x$ and $y$ alternate in $W$ if and only if $(x,y)\in E$ for each $x\neq y$. In this paper we give an effective…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2015-01-29 Magnús M. Halldórsson , Sergey Kitaev , Artem Pyatkin

Consider the random Cayley graph of a finite group $G$ with respect to $k$ generators chosen uniformly at random, with $1 \ll k \lesssim \log |G|$. The results of this article supplement those in the three main papers on random Cayley…

Probability · Mathematics 2021-02-05 Jonathan Hermon , Sam Olesker-Taylor

Several kinds of walks on complex networks are currently used to analyze search and navigation in different systems. Many analytical and computational results are known for random walks on such networks. Self-avoiding walks (SAWs) are…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2009-11-10 Carlos P. Herrero

Suppose that G is a finitely generated group and W is the formal language of words defining the identity in G. We prove that if G is a nilpotent group, the fundamental group of a finite volume hyperbolic three-manifold, or a right-angled…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2018-04-26 Robert H. Gilman , Robert P. Kropholler , Saul Schleimer

Given a finitely generated group with generating set $S$, we study the cogrowth sequence, which is the number of words of length $n$ over the alphabet $S$ that are equal to one. This is related to the probability of return for walks the…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-09-19 Jason Bell , Haggai Liu , Marni Mishna

We say that a vertex $v$ in a connected graph $G$ is decisive if the numbers of walks from $v$ of each length determine the graph $G$ rooted at $v$ up to isomorphism among all connected rooted graphs with the same number of vertices. On the…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2024-10-24 Frank Fuhlbrück , Johannes Köbler , Oleg Verbitsky , Maksim Zhukovskii

We study certain phase transitions of branching random walks (BRW) on Cayley graphs of free products. The aim of this paper is to compare the size and structural properties of the trace, i.e., the subgraph that consists of all edges and…

Probability · Mathematics 2015-03-19 Elisabetta Candellero , Lorenz A. Gilch , Sebastian Müller

The connective constant $\mu(G)$ of a quasi-transitive graph $G$ is the exponential growth rate of the number of self-avoiding walks from a given origin. We prove a locality theorem for connective constants, namely, that the connective…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2018-08-21 Geoffrey R. Grimmett , Zhongyang Li

A graph is edge-transitive if the natural action of its automorphism group on its edge set is transitive. An automorphism of a graph is semiregular if all of the orbits of the subgroup generated by this automorphism have the same length.…

Classifying formal languages according to the expressiveness of grammars able to generate them is a fundamental problem in computational linguistics and, therefore, in the theory of computation. Furthermore, such kind of analysis can give…

Formal Languages and Automata Theory · Computer Science 2024-05-16 Marco B. Caminati

There is an extensive literature concerning self-avoiding walk on infinite graphs, but the subject is relatively undeveloped on finite graphs. The purpose of this paper is to elucidate the phase transition for self-avoiding walk on the…

Probability · Mathematics 2019-09-19 Gordon Slade

For a graph $G$ and a positive integer $k$, a vertex labelling $f:V(G)\to\{1,2\ldots,k\}$ is said to be $k$-distinguishing if no non-trivial automorphism of $G$ preserves the sets $f^{-1}(i)$ for each $i\in\{1,\ldots,k\}$. The…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2017-05-31 Niranjan Balachandran , Sajith Padinhatteeri , Pablo Spiga

Given a finite word $w$, Guibas and Odlyzko (J. Combin. Theory Ser. A, 30, 1981, 183-208) showed that the autocorrelation polynomial $\phi_w(t)$ of $w$, which records the set of self-overlaps of $w$, explicitly determines for each $n$, the…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2025-11-04 Nishant Chandgotia , Brian Marcus , Jacob Richey , Chengyu Wu

A growing self-avoiding walk (GSAW) is a walk on a graph that is directed, does not visit the same vertex twice, and has a trapped endpoint. We show that the generating function enumerating GSAWs on a half-infinite strip of finite height is…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-02-17 Jay Pantone , Alexander R. Klotz , Everett Sullivan

Regular word grammars are restricted context-free grammars that define all the recognizable languages of words. This paper generalizes regular grammars from words to certain classes of graphs, by defining regular grammars for unordered…

Formal Languages and Automata Theory · Computer Science 2025-06-17 Marius Bozga , Radu Iosif , Florian Zuleger

Given a finite simple graph $\cG$ with $n$ vertices, we can construct the Cayley graph on the symmetric group $S_n$ generated by the edges of $\cG$, interpreted as transpositions. We show that, if $\cG$ is complete multipartite, the…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2010-08-03 Filippo Cesi