On fixity of arc-transitive graphs

Science China Mathematics - The relative fixity of a permutation group is the maximum proportion of the points fixed by a non-trivial element of the group, and the relative fixity of a graph is the...     

Commuting involution graphs for \tilde{A}_{n}

In this article we consider the commuting graphs of involution conjugacy classes in the affine Weyl group We show that where the graph is connected the diameter is at most 6. Received: 24 February 2005     

On transitive one-factorizations of arc-transitive graphs

It is shown that transitive 1-factorizations of arc-transitive graphs exist if and only if certain factorizations of their automorphism groups exist. This relation provides a method for constructing and characterizing transitive 1-factorizations for certain classes of arc-transitive graphs. Then a characterization is given of 2-arc-transitive graphs which have transitive 1-factorizations. In this characterization, some 2-arc transitive graphs and their transitive 1-factorizations are constructed.     

Radial graphs over domains of {\mathbb{S}^n} with prescribed mean curvature

We prove the existence and uniqueness of radial graphs over a given domain of ${\mathbb{S}^n}$ having boundary on the sphere ${\mathbb{S}^n}$ and whose mean curvature at every point equals a prescribed positive function satisfying suitable barrier-type and monotonicity conditions.     

Locally compact abelian groups with trivial multiplier group

LCA groups with trivial multiplier group are characterized. It is found that every LCA group with nontrivial multiplier group has an “irreducible” quotient with the same property, and the irreducible groups are described.     

$${\mathbb{Z}_2\mathbb{Z}_4}$$-linear codes: rank and kernel

A code C{{\mathcal C}} is \mathbbZ₂\mathbbZ₄{{\mathbb{Z}_2\mathbb{Z}_4}}-additive if the set of coordinates can be partitioned into two subsets X and Y such that the punctured code of C{{\mathcal C}} by deleting the coordinates outside X (respectively, Y) is a binary linear code (respectively, a quaternary linear code). The corresponding binary codes of \mathbbZ₂\mathbbZ₄{{\mathbb{Z}_2\mathbb{Z}_4}}-additive codes under an extended Gray map are called \mathbbZ₂\mathbbZ₄{{\mathbb{Z}_2\mathbb{Z}_4}}-linear codes. In this paper, the invariants for \mathbbZ₂\mathbbZ₄{{\mathbb{Z}_2\mathbb{Z}_4}}-linear codes, the rank and dimension of the kernel, are studied. Specifically, given the algebraic parameters of \mathbbZ₂\mathbbZ₄{{\mathbb{Z}_2\mathbb{Z}_4}}-linear codes, the possible values of these two invariants, giving lower and upper bounds, are established. For each possible rank r between these bounds, the construction of a \mathbbZ₂\mathbbZ₄{{\mathbb{Z}_2\mathbb{Z}_4}}-linear code with rank r is given. Equivalently, for each possible dimension of the kernel k, the construction of a \mathbbZ₂\mathbbZ₄{{\mathbb{Z}_2\mathbb{Z}_4}}-linear code with dimension of the kernel k is given. Finally, the bounds on the rank, once the kernel dimension is fixed, are established and the construction of a \mathbbZ₂\mathbbZ₄{{\mathbb{Z}_2\mathbb{Z}_4}}-linear code for each possible pair (r, k) is given.     

连通的三重K_{n}-残差图

Erd\"{o}s P, Harary F和Klawe M研究了K_{n}-残差图, 并对连通的m-K_{n}-残差图提出了一些结论和猜想. 利用容斥原理以及集合的运算性质等方法, 研究了连通的3-K_{n}-残差图, 得到当顶点最小度为n时, 3-K_{n}-残差图最小阶的计算公式以及相应的唯一极图. 当n=2时, 得到最小阶为11以及相应的极图; 当n=3时, 得到最小阶为20并找到两个不同构的极图, 不满足Erd\"{o}s等提出的结论; 当$=4时, 得到最小阶为22及相应的极图; 当n=8, 可以找到两个不同构的3-K_{8_{}}-残差图, 不满足Erd\"{o}s等提出的结论; 最后证明了当n=9,10时, 最小阶分别为48和52以及相应的唯一极图, 验证了Erd\"{o}s等在文献~(Residually-complete graphs [J].Annals of Discrete Mathematics, 1980, 6: 117-123) 中提出的结论.     

On the nullspace of arc-transitive graphs over finite fields

Let A be the adjacency matrix of a graph???. The nullity of A (that is, the dimension of the nullspace of?A), when viewed as a matrix over a field of prime characteristic?p, is called the p-nullity of ??. We present several families of arc-transitive graphs with arbitrarily large p-nullity. We also show that the p-nullity of a vertex-transitive graph of order a power of p is zero, provided that the valency of the graph is coprime to?p.     

On strongly almost trivial embeddings of graphs

We present four new classes of graphs, two of which every member has a strongly almost trivial embedding, and the other two of which every member has no strongly almost trivial embeddings. We show that the property that a graph has a strongly almost trivial embedding and the property that a graph has no strongly almost trivial embeddings are not inherited by minors. Copyright © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Graph Theory     

Isometric embeddings of \mathbb{Z}_{p^k} in the Hamming space \mathbb{F}_{p}^{N} and \mathbb{Z}_{p^k}-linear codes

Isometric embeddings of $\mathbb{Z}_{p^n+1}$ into the Hamming space ( $\mathbb{F}_{p}^{p^n},w$ ) have played a fundamental role in recent constructions of non-linear codes. The codes thus obtained are very good codes, but their rate is limited by the rate of the first-order generalized Reed–Muller code—hence, when n is not very small, these embeddings lead to the construction of low-rate codes. A natural question is whether there are embeddings with higher rates than the known ones. In this paper, we provide a partial answer to this question by establishing a lower bound on the order of a symmetry of ( $\mathbb{F}_{p}^{N},w$ ).