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Povzetek: Let $W(G)$ be the Wiener index of a graph $G$. We say that a vertex $v \in V(G)$ is a Šoltés vertex in $G$ if $W(G - v) = W(G)$, i.e. the Wiener index does not change if the vertex $v$ is removed. In 1991, Šoltés posed the problem of identifying all connected graphs ▫$G$▫ with the property that all vertices of $G$ are Šoltés vertices. The only such graph known to this day is $C_{11}$. As the original problem appears to be too challenging, several relaxations were studied: one may look for graphs with at least $k$ Šoltés vertices; or one may look for $\alpha$-Šoltés graphs, i.e. graphs where the ratio between the number of Šoltés vertices and the order of the graph is at least $\alpha$. Note that the original problem is, in fact, to find all $1$-Šoltés graphs. We intuitively believe that every $1$-Šoltés graph has to be regular and has to possess a high degree of symmetry. Therefore, we are interested in regular graphs that contain one or more Šoltés vertices. In this paper, we present several partial results. For every $r\ge 1$ we describe a construction of an infinite family of cubic $2$-connected graphs with at least $2^r$ Šoltés vertices. Moreover, we report that a computer search on publicly available collections of vertex-transitive graphs did not reveal any $1$-Šoltés graph. We are only able to provide examples of large $\frac{1}{3}$-Šoltés graphs that are obtained by truncating certain cubic vertex-transitive graphs. This leads us to believe that no $1$-Šoltés graph other than $C_{11}$ exists.
Ključne besede: Šoltés problem, Wiener index, regular graphs, cubic graphs, Cayley graph, Šoltés vertex
Objavljeno v DiRROS: 17.04.2025; Ogledov: 151; Prenosov: 57
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Povzetek: In this paper we investigate orders, longest cycles and the number of cycles of automorphisms of finite vertex-transitive graphs. In particular, we show that the order of every automorphism of a connected vertex-transitive graph with $n$ vertices and of valence $d$, $d\le 4$, is at most $c_d n$ where $c_3=1$ and $c_4 = 9$. Whether such a constant $c_d$ exists for valencies larger than $4$ remains an unanswered question. Further, we prove that every automorphism $g$ of a finite connected $3$-valent vertex-transitive graph $\Gamma$, $\Gamma \not\cong K_{3,3}$, has a regular orbit, that is, an orbit of $\langle g \rangle$ of length equal to the order of $g$. Moreover, we prove that in this case either $\Gamma$ belongs to a well understood family of exceptional graphs or at least $5/12$ of the vertices of $\Gamma$ belong to a regular orbit of $g$. Finally, we give an upper bound on the number of orbits of a cyclic group of automorphisms $C$ of a connected $3$-valent vertex-transitive graph $\Gamma$ in terms of the number of vertices of $\Gamma$ and the length of a longest orbit of $C$.
Ključne besede: graphs, automorphism groups, vertex-transitive, regular orbit, cubic, tetravalent
Objavljeno v DiRROS: 19.02.2024; Ogledov: 812; Prenosov: 374
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