Let Γ be a finite locally (G, s)-arc transitive graph with s ≥ 2 such that G is intransitive on vertices. Then Γ is bipartite and the two parts of the bipartition are G-orbits. In previous work the authors showed that if G has a nontrivial normal subgroup intransitive on both of the vertex orbits of G, then Γ is a cover of a smaller locally s-arc transitive graph. Thus the “basic” graphs to stu...

A code in a graph 0 is a non-empty subset C of the vertex set V of 0. Given C , the partition of V according to the distance of the vertices away from C is called the distance partition of C . A completely regular code is a code whose distance partition has a certain regularity property. A special class of completely regular codes are the completely transitive codes. These are completely regula...

In this paper, we explore a new convention for drawing graphs, the (Manhattan-) geodesic drawing convention. It requires that edges are drawn as interior-disjoint monotone chains of axis-parallel line segments, that is, as geodesics with respect to the Manhattan metric. First, we show that geodesic embeddability on the grid is equivalent to 1-bend embeddability on the grid. For the latter quest...

A digraph is 3-quasi-transitive (resp. 3-transitive), if for any path x0x1 x2x3 of length 3, x0 and x3 are adjacent (resp. x0 dominates x3). César Hernández-Cruz conjectured that if D is a 3-quasi-transitive digraph, then the underlying graph of D, UG(D), admits a 3-transitive orientation. In this paper, we shall prove that the conjecture is true.

We introduce the concept of a 2-starter in a groupG of odd order.We prove that any 2-factorization of the complete graph admitting G as a sharply vertex transitive automorphism group is equivalent to a suitable 2-starter in G. Some classes of 2-starters are studied, with special attention given to those leading to solutions of some Oberwolfach or Hamilton–Waterloo problems. © 2005 Elsevier Inc....

We prove that every 2-transitive group has a property called the EKR-module property. This gives characterization of maximum intersecting sets permutations in group. Specifically, characteristic vector any set is linear combination vectors stabilizers points and their cosets. also consider when derangement graph connected subgroup or coset subgroup.

A near-polygonal graph is a graph Γ which has a set C of m-cycles for some positive integer m such that each 2-path of Γ is contained in exactly one cycle in C. If m is the girth of Γ then the graph is called polygonal. We introduce a method for constructing near-polygonal graphs with 2-arc transitive automorphism groups. As special cases, we obtain several new infinite families of polygonal gr...

Unitary graphs are arc-transitive graphs with vertices the flags of Hermitian unitals and edges defined by certain elements of the underlying finite fields. They played a significant role in a recent classification of a class of arc-transitive graphs that admit an automorphism group acting imprimitively on the vertices. In this article, we prove that all unitary graphs are connected of diameter...

Two different constructions are given of a rank 8 arc-transitive graphwith 165 vertices and valency 8,whose automorphismgroup isM11. One involves 3-subsets of an 11-set while the other involves 4-subsets of a 12-set, and the constructions are linkedwith theWitt designs on 11, 12 and 24 points. Four different constructions are given of a rank 9 arc-transitive graph with 55 vertices and valency 6...

A graph is half-arc-transitive if its automorphism group acts transitively on its vertex set, edge set, but not arc set. Let p and q be primes. It is known that no tetravalent half-arc-transitive graphs of order 2p2 exist and a tetravalent half-arctransitive graph of order 4p must be non-Cayley; such a non-Cayley graph exists if and only if p − 1 is divisible by 8 and it is unique for a given o...