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Main Authors: Godsil, Chris, Sun, Wanting, Zhang, Xiaohong
Format: Preprint
Published: 2023
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2302.03854
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author Godsil, Chris
Sun, Wanting
Zhang, Xiaohong
author_facet Godsil, Chris
Sun, Wanting
Zhang, Xiaohong
contents 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 $A^k\circ A$ is a constant times $A$ for each $k\ge0$. Assume $X$ is 1-walk regular. Here we show that by deleting an edge in $X$, or deleting edges of a graph inside a clique of $X$, we obtain families of graphs that are not necessarily isomorphic, but are cospectral with respect to four types of matrices: the adjacency matrix, Laplacian matrix, unsigned Laplacian matrix, and normalized Laplacian matrix. Furthermore, we show that removing edges of Laplacian cospectral graphs in cliques of a 1-walk regular graph results in Laplacian cospectral graphs; removing edges of unsigned Laplacian cospectral graphs whose complements are also cospectral with respect to the unsigned Laplacian in cliques of a 1-walk regular graph results in unsigned Laplacian cospectral graphs.
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spellingShingle Cospectral graphs obtained by edge deletion
Godsil, Chris
Sun, Wanting
Zhang, Xiaohong
Combinatorics
05C50
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 $A^k\circ A$ is a constant times $A$ for each $k\ge0$. Assume $X$ is 1-walk regular. Here we show that by deleting an edge in $X$, or deleting edges of a graph inside a clique of $X$, we obtain families of graphs that are not necessarily isomorphic, but are cospectral with respect to four types of matrices: the adjacency matrix, Laplacian matrix, unsigned Laplacian matrix, and normalized Laplacian matrix. Furthermore, we show that removing edges of Laplacian cospectral graphs in cliques of a 1-walk regular graph results in Laplacian cospectral graphs; removing edges of unsigned Laplacian cospectral graphs whose complements are also cospectral with respect to the unsigned Laplacian in cliques of a 1-walk regular graph results in unsigned Laplacian cospectral graphs.
title Cospectral graphs obtained by edge deletion
topic Combinatorics
05C50
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2302.03854