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If a regular graph of degree $k$ and diameter $d$ has $v$ vertices then $$v\le 1+k+k(k-1)+\dots+k(k-1)^{d-1}.$$ Graphs with $v=1+k+k(k-1)+\dots+k(k-1)^{d-1}$ are called Moore graphs. Damerell proved that a Moore graph of degree $k\ge 3$ has…
In this paper we consider the degree/diameter problem, namely, given natural numbers {\Delta} \geq 2 and D \geq 1, find the maximum number N({\Delta},D) of vertices in a graph of maximum degree {\Delta} and diameter D. In this context, the…
An almost Moore digraph is a diregular digraph of degree $d>1$, diameter $k>1$ and order $d+d^2+ \cdots +d^k$. Their existence has only been shown for $k=2$. It has also been conjectured that there are no more almost Moore digraphs, but so…
The degree-diameter problem seeks to find the maximum possible order of a graph with a given (maximum) degree and diameter. It is known that graphs attaining the maximum possible value (the Moore bound) are extremely rare, but much activity…
Almost Moore mixed graphs\/} appear in the context of the degree/diameter problem as a class of extremal mixed graphs, in the sense that their order is one unit less than the Moore bound for such graphs. The problem of their existence has…
The degree-diameter problem seeks to find the largest possible number of vertices in a graph having given diameter and given maximum degree. There has been much recent interest in the problem for mixed graphs, where we allow both undirected…
Mixed graphs can be seen as digraphs that have both arcs and edges (or digons, that is, two opposite arcs). In this paper, we consider the case where such graphs are bipartite. As main results, we show that in this context the Moore-like…
Radial Moore graphs and digraphs are extremal graphs related to the Moore ones where the distance-preserving spanning tree is preserved for some vertices. This leads to classify them according to their proximity to being a Moore graph or…
Let $\rho(G)$ denote the number of convex cycles of a simple graph G of order n, size m, and girth 3 <= g <=n. It is proved that $\rho(G) \leq \frac{n}{g}(m-n+1)$ and that equality holds if and only if G is an even cycle or a Moore graph.…
The Moore bound constitutes both an upper bound on the order of a graph of maximum degree $d$ and diameter $D=k$ and a lower bound on the order of a graph of minimum degree $d$ and odd girth $g=2k+1$. Graphs missing or exceeding the Moore…
It is known that the number of vertices of a graph of diameter two cannot exceed $d^2+1$. In this contribution we give a new lower bound for orders of Cayley graphs of diameter two in the form $C(d,2)>0.684d^2$ valid for all degrees $d\geq…
We prove that a distance-regular graph with intersection array {56,36,9;1,3,48} does not exist. This intersection array is from the table of feasible parameters for distance-regular graphs in "Distance-regular graphs"\ by A.E. Brouwer, A.M.…
Radial Moore graphs are approximations of Moore graphs that preserve the distance-preserving spanning tree for its central vertices. One way to classify their resemblance with a Moore graph is the status measure. The status of a graph is…
This is the full proof of Theorem 3 on the existence of the largest known degree 8 circulant graph for all diameters stated in the paper "The degree-diameter problem for circulant graphs of degree 8 and 9" by the author. To avoid the paper…
The undirected degree/diameter and degree/girth problems and their directed analogues have been studied for many decades in the search for efficient network topologies. Recently such questions have received much attention in the setting of…
The largest order $n(d,k)$ of a graph of maximum degree $d$ and diameter $k$ cannot exceed the Moore bound, which has the form $M(d,k)=d^k - O(d^{k-1})$ for $d\to\infty$ and any fixed $k$. Known results in finite geometries on generalised…
Moore digraphs, that is digraphs with out-degree $d$, diameter $k$ and order equal to the Moore bound $M(d,k) = 1 + d + d^2 + \dots +d^k$, arise in the study of optimal network topologies. In an attempt to find digraphs with a `Moore-like'…
DISCLAIMER: Due to an error in the literature, we cannot be sure that the conclusions drawn in this paper are correct. The goal of this note is to connect some interesting results in the literature on algebraic graph theory and finite…
In this paper, we study the maximum order $v(k,\theta)$ of a connected $k$-regular graph whose second largest eigenvalue is at most $\theta$. From Alon-Boppana and Serre, we know that $v(k,\theta)$ is finite when $\theta < 2\sqrt{k-1}$…
We prove that a distance-regular graph with intersection array $\{55,36,11;1,4,45\}$ does not exist. This intersection array is from the table of feasible parameters for distance-regular graphs in "Distance-regular graphs"\ by A.E. Brouwer,…