On $(r,c)$-constant, planar and circulant graphs

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author Caro, Yair
Mifsud, Xandru
author_facet Caro, Yair
Mifsud, Xandru
contents This paper concerns $(r,c)$-constant graphs, which are $r$-regular graphs in which the subgraph induced by the open neighbourhood of every vertex has precisely $c$ edges. The family of $(r,c)$-graphs contains vertex-transitive graphs (and in particular Cayley graphs), graphs with constant link (sometimes called locally isomorphic graphs), $(r,b)$-regular graphs, strongly regular graphs, and much more. This family was recently introduced in [arXiv:2312.08777] serving as important tool in constructing flip graphs [arXiv:2312.08777, arXiv:2401.02315]. In this paper we shall mainly deal with the following: i. Existence and non-existence of $(r, c)$-planar graphs. We completely determine the cases of existence and non-existence of such graphs and supply the smallest order in the case when they exist. ii. We consider the existence of $(r, c)$-circulant graphs. We prove that for $c \equiv 2 \ (\mathrm{mod} \ 3)$ no $(r,c)$-circulant graph exists and that for $c \equiv 0, 1 \ (\mathrm{mod} \ 3)$, $c > 0$ and $r \geq 6 + \sqrt{\frac{8c - 5}{3}}$ there exists $(r,c)$-circulant graphs. Moreover for $c = 0$ and $r \geq 1$, $(r, 0)$-circulants exist. iii. We consider the existence and non-existence of small $(r,c)$-constant graphs, supplying a complete table of the smallest order of graphs we found for $0 \leq c \leq \binom{r}{2}$ and $r \leq 6$. We shall also determine all the cases in this range for which $(r,c)$-constant graphs don't exist. We establish a public database of $(r,c)$-constant graphs for varying $r$, $c$ and order.
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spellingShingle On $(r,c)$-constant, planar and circulant graphs
Caro, Yair
Mifsud, Xandru
Combinatorics
05C07, 05C10
This paper concerns $(r,c)$-constant graphs, which are $r$-regular graphs in which the subgraph induced by the open neighbourhood of every vertex has precisely $c$ edges. The family of $(r,c)$-graphs contains vertex-transitive graphs (and in particular Cayley graphs), graphs with constant link (sometimes called locally isomorphic graphs), $(r,b)$-regular graphs, strongly regular graphs, and much more. This family was recently introduced in [arXiv:2312.08777] serving as important tool in constructing flip graphs [arXiv:2312.08777, arXiv:2401.02315]. In this paper we shall mainly deal with the following: i. Existence and non-existence of $(r, c)$-planar graphs. We completely determine the cases of existence and non-existence of such graphs and supply the smallest order in the case when they exist. ii. We consider the existence of $(r, c)$-circulant graphs. We prove that for $c \equiv 2 \ (\mathrm{mod} \ 3)$ no $(r,c)$-circulant graph exists and that for $c \equiv 0, 1 \ (\mathrm{mod} \ 3)$, $c > 0$ and $r \geq 6 + \sqrt{\frac{8c - 5}{3}}$ there exists $(r,c)$-circulant graphs. Moreover for $c = 0$ and $r \geq 1$, $(r, 0)$-circulants exist. iii. We consider the existence and non-existence of small $(r,c)$-constant graphs, supplying a complete table of the smallest order of graphs we found for $0 \leq c \leq \binom{r}{2}$ and $r \leq 6$. We shall also determine all the cases in this range for which $(r,c)$-constant graphs don't exist. We establish a public database of $(r,c)$-constant graphs for varying $r$, $c$ and order.
title On $(r,c)$-constant, planar and circulant graphs
topic Combinatorics
05C07, 05C10
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.04401