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Automorphisms of infinite Johnson graph

Combinatorics 2010-12-27 v3

Abstract

We consider the {\it infinite Johnson graph} JJ_{\infty} whose vertex set consists of all subsets XNX\subset {\mathbb N} satisfying X=NX=|X|=|{\mathbb N}\setminus X|=\infty and whose edges are pairs of such subsets X,YX,Y satisfying XY=YX=1|X\setminus Y|=|Y\setminus X|=1. An automorphism of JJ_{\infty} is said to be {\it regular} if it is induced by a permutation on N\mathbb{N} or it is the composition of the automorphism induced by a permutation on N\mathbb{N} and the automorphism XNXX\to {\mathbb N}\setminus X. The graph JJ_{\infty} admits non-regular automorphisms. Our first result states that the restriction of every automorphism of JJ_{\infty} to any connected component (JJ_{\infty} is not connected) coincides with the restriction of a regular automorphism. The second result is a characterization of regular automorphisms of JJ_{\infty} as order preserving and order reversing bijective transformations of the vertex set of JJ_{\infty} (the vertex set is partially ordered by the inclusion relation). As an application, we describe automorphisms of the associated {\it infinite Kneser graph}.

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@article{arxiv.1011.2407,
  title  = {Automorphisms of infinite Johnson graph},
  author = {Mark Pankov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1011.2407},
  year   = {2010}
}

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10 pages

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