Andrásfai graph
| Andrásfai graph | |
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| Named after | Béla Andrásfai |
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| Diameter | 2 |
| Properties | Triangle-free Circulant |
| Notation | And(n) |
| Table of graphs and parameters | |
In graph theory, an Andrásfai graph is a triangle-free, circulant graph named after Béla Andrásfai.
Properties
[edit]The Andrásfai graph And(n) for any natural number n ≥ 1 is a circulant graph on 3n – 1 vertices, in which vertex k is connected by an edge to vertices k ± j, for every j that is congruent to 1 mod 3. For instance, the Wagner graph is an Andrásfai graph, the graph And(3).
The graph family is triangle-free, and And(n) has an independence number of n. From this the formula R(3,n) ≥ 3(n – 1) results, where R(n,k) is the Ramsey number. The equality holds for n = 3 and n = 4 only.
The Andrásfai graphs were later generalized.[1][2]
References
[edit]- ^ Biswas, Sucharita; Das, Angsuman; Saha, Manideepa (2022). "Generalized Andrásfai Graphs". Discussiones Mathematicae – General Algebra and Applications. 42 (2): 449–462. doi:10.7151/dmgaa.1401. MR 4495565.
- ^ W. Bedenknecht, G. O. Mota, Ch. Reiher, M. Schacht, On the local density problem for graphs of given odd-girth, Electronic Notes in Discrete Mathematics, Volume 62, 2017, pp. 39-44.
Bibliography
[edit]- Godsil, Chris; Royle, Gordon F. (2013) [2001]. "§6.10–6.12: The Andrásfai Graphs—Andrásfai Coloring Graphs, A Characterization". Algebraic Graph Theory. Graduate Texts in Mathematics. Vol. 207. Springer. pp. 118–123. ISBN 978-1-4613-0163-9.
- Andrásfai, Béla (1977). Introductory graph theory. Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest and Adam Hilger Ltd. Bristol, New York. p. 268. OCLC 895132932.
- Weisstein, Eric W. "Andrásfai Graph". MathWorld.
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