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Holt graph


FieldValue
nameHolt graph
image[[File:HoltGraph.svg220px]]
image_captionIn the Holt graph, all vertices are equivalent, and all edges are equivalent, but edges are not equivalent to their inverses.
namesakeDerek F. Holt
vertices27
edges54
automorphisms54
girth5
diameter3
radius3
chromatic_number3
chromatic_index5
propertiesVertex-transitive
Edge-transitive
Half-transitive
Hamiltonian
Eulerian
Cayley graph
book thickness3queue number=3

Edge-transitive Half-transitive Hamiltonian Eulerian Cayley graph In graph theory, the Holt graph or Doyle graph is the smallest half-transitive graph, that is, the smallest example of a vertex-transitive and edge-transitive graph which is not also symmetric. Such graphs are not common. It is named after Peter G. Doyle and Derek F. Holt, who discovered the same graph independently in 1976 and 1981 respectively.

The Holt graph has diameter 3, radius 3 and girth 5, chromatic number 3, chromatic index 5 and is Hamiltonian with distinct Hamiltonian cycles. It is also a 4-vertex-connected and a 4-edge-connected graph. It has book thickness 3 and queue number 3.

It has an automorphism group of order 54. This is a smaller group than a symmetric graph with the same number of vertices and edges would have. The graph drawing on the right highlights this, in that it lacks reflectional symmetry.

The characteristic polynomial of the Holt graph is :(x^3-6x+2)^6(x+2)^4(x-1)^4(x-4).\

References

References

  1. Doyle, P. "A 27-Vertex Graph That Is Vertex-Transitive and Edge-Transitive But Not L-Transitive." October 1998. [https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0703861/]
  2. (1994). "Constructing Graphs which are ½-Transitive". [[Journal of the Australian Mathematical Society, Series A]].
  3. Jonathan L. Gross, Jay Yellen, ''Handbook of Graph Theory'', CRC Press, 2004, {{ISBN. 1-58488-090-2, p. 491.
  4. Doyle, P. G.. (1976). "On Transitive Graphs". Harvard College.
  5. Holt, Derek F.. (1981). "A graph which is edge transitive but not arc transitive". [[Journal of Graph Theory]].
  6. "Doyle Graph".
  7. Jessica Wolz, ''Engineering Linear Layouts with SAT''. Master Thesis, University of Tübingen, 2018
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