TY - JOUR
T1 - Vertex-imprimitive symmetric graphs with exactly one edge between any two distinct blocks
AU - Fang, Teng
AU - Fang, Xin Gui
AU - Xia, Binzhou
AU - Zhou, Sanming
PY - 2017/11/1
Y1 - 2017/11/1
N2 - A graph Γ is called G-symmetric if it admits G as a group of automorphisms acting transitively on the set of ordered pairs of adjacent vertices. We give a classification of G-symmetric graphs Γ with V(Γ) admitting a nontrivial G-invariant partition B such that there is exactly one edge of Γ between any two distinct blocks of B. This is achieved by giving a classification of (G,2)-point-transitive and G-block-transitive designs D together with G-orbits Ω on the flag set of D such that Gσ,L is transitive on L∖{σ} and L∩N={σ} for distinct (σ,L),(σ,N)∈Ω, where Gσ,L is the setwise stabilizer of L in the stabilizer Gσ of σ in G. Along the way we determine all imprimitive blocks of Gσ on V∖{σ} for every 2-transitive group G on a set V, where σ∈V.
AB - A graph Γ is called G-symmetric if it admits G as a group of automorphisms acting transitively on the set of ordered pairs of adjacent vertices. We give a classification of G-symmetric graphs Γ with V(Γ) admitting a nontrivial G-invariant partition B such that there is exactly one edge of Γ between any two distinct blocks of B. This is achieved by giving a classification of (G,2)-point-transitive and G-block-transitive designs D together with G-orbits Ω on the flag set of D such that Gσ,L is transitive on L∖{σ} and L∩N={σ} for distinct (σ,L),(σ,N)∈Ω, where Gσ,L is the setwise stabilizer of L in the stabilizer Gσ of σ in G. Along the way we determine all imprimitive blocks of Gσ on V∖{σ} for every 2-transitive group G on a set V, where σ∈V.
KW - arc-Transitive graph
KW - Flag graph
KW - Spread
KW - Symmetric graph
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85021292329&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.jcta.2017.06.007
DO - 10.1016/j.jcta.2017.06.007
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85021292329
SN - 0097-3165
VL - 152
SP - 303
EP - 340
JO - Journal of Combinatorial Theory. Series A
JF - Journal of Combinatorial Theory. Series A
ER -