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Hauptverfasser: Eberhard, Sean, Taranchuk, Vladislav, Timmons, Craig
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Veröffentlicht: 2025
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author Eberhard, Sean
Taranchuk, Vladislav
Timmons, Craig
author_facet Eberhard, Sean
Taranchuk, Vladislav
Timmons, Craig
contents For each $t \ge 1$ let $W_t$ denote the class of graphs other than stars that have diameter $2$ and contain neither a triangle nor a $K_{2,t}$. The famous Hoffman--Singleton Theorem implies that $W_2$ is finite. Recently Wood suggested the study of $W_t$ for $t > 2$ and conjectured that $W_t$ is finite for all $t \ge 2$. In this note we show that (1) $W_3$ is infinite, (2) $W_5$ contains infinitely many regular graphs, and (3) $W_7$ contains infinitely many Cayley graphs. Our $W_3$ and $W_5$ examples are based on so-called crooked graphs, first constructed by de Caen, Mathon, and Moorhouse. Our $W_7$ examples are Cayley graphs with vertex set $\mathbb{F}_p^2$ for prime $p \equiv 11 \pmod {12}$.
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spellingShingle Examples of diameter-2 graphs with no triangle or $K_{2,t}$
Eberhard, Sean
Taranchuk, Vladislav
Timmons, Craig
Combinatorics
05C35
For each $t \ge 1$ let $W_t$ denote the class of graphs other than stars that have diameter $2$ and contain neither a triangle nor a $K_{2,t}$. The famous Hoffman--Singleton Theorem implies that $W_2$ is finite. Recently Wood suggested the study of $W_t$ for $t > 2$ and conjectured that $W_t$ is finite for all $t \ge 2$. In this note we show that (1) $W_3$ is infinite, (2) $W_5$ contains infinitely many regular graphs, and (3) $W_7$ contains infinitely many Cayley graphs. Our $W_3$ and $W_5$ examples are based on so-called crooked graphs, first constructed by de Caen, Mathon, and Moorhouse. Our $W_7$ examples are Cayley graphs with vertex set $\mathbb{F}_p^2$ for prime $p \equiv 11 \pmod {12}$.
title Examples of diameter-2 graphs with no triangle or $K_{2,t}$
topic Combinatorics
05C35
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.19646