The action of a subgroup G of automorphisms of a graph X is said to be 2 -transitive if it is vertexand edgebut not arc-transitive. In this case the graph X is said to be (G, 2)-transitive. In particular, X is 1 2 -transitive if it is (Aut X, 1 2)-transitive. The 2 -transitive action of G on X induces an orientation of the edges of X which is preserved by G. Let X have valency 4. An even length...

Let be a finite G-symmetric graph whose vertex set admits a nontrivial G-invariant partition B. It was observed that the quotient graph B of relative to B can be (G,2)-arc transitive even if itself is not necessarily (G,2)-arc transitive. In a previous article of Iranmanesh et al., this observation motivated a study of G-symmetric graphs ( ,B) such that B is (G,2)-arc transitive and, for blocks...

A subgroup G of automorphisms of a graph X is said to be 1 2-transitive if it is vertex and edge but not arc-transitive. The graph X is said to be 1 2-transitive if Aut X is 1 2-transitive. The graph X is called one-regular if Aut X acts regularly on the set arcs of X. The interplay of three diierent concepts of maps, one-regular graphs and 1 2-transitive group actions on graphs of valency 4 is...

In this paper, a characterisation is given of finite s-arc transitive Cayley graphs with s ≥ 2. In particular, it is shown that, for any given integer k with k ≥ 3 and k 6= 7, there exists a finite set (maybe empty) of s-transitive Cayley graphs with s ∈ {3, 4, 5, 7} such that all s-transitive Cayley graphs of valency k are their normal covers. This indicates that s-arc transitive Cayley graphs...

Finite graphs of valency 4 and girth 4 admitting 1 2-transitive group actions, that is vertex-and edge-but not arc-transitive group actions, are investigated. A graph is said to be 1 2-transitive if its automorphism group acts 1 2-transitively. There is a natural (balanced) orientation of the edge set of a 1 2-transitive graph induced and preserved by its auto-morphism group. Among others it is...

Using covering graph techniques, a structural result about connected cubic simple graphs admitting an edge-transitive solvable group of automorphisms is proved. This implies, among other, that every such graph can be obtained from either the 3-dipole Dip3 or the complete graph K4, by a sequence of elementary-abelian covers. Another consequence of the main structural result is that the action of...

The present paper investigates arc-transtive graphs in term of their stability, and shows, somewhat contrary to expectations, that the property of instability is not as rare as previously thought. Until quite recently, the only known example of a finite, arc-transitive vertex-determining unstable graph was the underlying graph of the dodecahedron. This paper illustrates some methods for constru...

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...

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...

A complete list of all connected arc-transitive asymmetric digraphs of in-valence and out-valence 2 on up to 1000 vertices is presented. As a byproduct, a complete list of all connected 4-valent graphs admitting a 12 -arc-transitive group of automorphisms on up to 1000 vertices is obtained. Several graph-theoretical properties of the elements of our census are calculated and discussed.