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Robertson graph


FieldValue
nameRobertson graph
image[[Image:Robertson graph hamiltonian.svg240px]]
image_captionThe Robertson graph is Hamiltonian.
namesakeNeil Robertson
vertices19
edges38
automorphisms24 (D12)
girth5
diameter3
radius3
chromatic_number3
chromatic_index5
propertiesCage
Hamiltonian
book thickness3queue number=2

Hamiltonian In the mathematical field of graph theory, the Robertson graph or (4,5)-cage, is a 4-regular undirected graph with 19 vertices and 38 edges named after Neil Robertson.

The Robertson graph is the unique (4,5)-cage graph and was discovered by Robertson in 1964. As a cage graph, it is the smallest 4-regular graph with girth 5.

It has chromatic number 3, chromatic index 5, diameter 3, radius 3 and is both 4-vertex-connected and 4-edge-connected. It has book thickness 3 and queue number 2. The graph is neither planar nor 1-planar.{{citation | editor-first1 = Vida | editor-last1 = Dujmović | editor-first2 = Fabrizio | editor-last2 = Montecchiani

The Robertson graph is also a Hamiltonian graph which possesses distinct directed Hamiltonian cycles.

The Robertson graph is one of the smallest graphs with cop number 4.

Algebraic properties

The Robertson graph is not a vertex-transitive graph; its full automorphism group is isomorphic to the dihedral group of order 24, the group of symmetries of a regular dodecagon, including both rotations and reflections.

The characteristic polynomial of the Robertson graph is :(x-4)(x-1)^2(x^2-3)^2(x^2+x-5) :(x^2+x-4)^2(x^2+x-3)^2(x^2+x-1).\

References

References

  1. "Class 2 Graph".
  2. "Robertson Graph".
  3. Bondy, J. A. and Murty, U. S. R. Graph Theory with Applications. New York: North Holland, p. 237, 1976.
  4. Robertson, N. "The Smallest Graph of Girth 5 and Valency 4." Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 70, 824-825, 1964.
  5. Jessica Wolz, ''Engineering Linear Layouts with SAT''. Master Thesis, University of Tübingen, 2018
  6. Turcotte, J., & Yvon, S. (2021). 4-cop-win graphs have at least 19 vertices. Discrete Applied Mathematics, 301, 74-98.
  7. Geoffrey Exoo & Robert Jajcay, Dynamic cage survey, Electr. J. Combin. 15, 2008.
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