Let be a connected Cayley graph of group G, then Γ is called normal if the right regular representation of G is a normal subgroup of , the full automorphism group of Γ. For the case where G is a finite nonabelian si...Let be a connected Cayley graph of group G, then Γ is called normal if the right regular representation of G is a normal subgroup of , the full automorphism group of Γ. For the case where G is a finite nonabelian simple group and Γ is symmetric cubic Cayley graph, Caiheng Li and Shangjin Xu proved that Γ is normal with only two exceptions. Since then, the normality of nonsymmetric cubic Cayley graph of nonabelian simple group aroused strong interest of people. So far such graphs which have been known are all normal. Then people conjecture that all of such graphs are either normal or the Cayley subset consists of involutions. In this paper we give an negative answer by two counterexamples. As far as we know these are the first examples for the non-normal cubic nonsymmetric Cayley graphs of finite nonabelian simple groups.展开更多
A Cayley graph Г=Cay(G,S)is said to be normal if G is normal in Aut Г.In this paper,we investigate the normality problem of the connected 11-valent symmetric Cayley graphs Г of finite nonabelian simple groups G,whe...A Cayley graph Г=Cay(G,S)is said to be normal if G is normal in Aut Г.In this paper,we investigate the normality problem of the connected 11-valent symmetric Cayley graphs Г of finite nonabelian simple groups G,where the vertex stabilizer A_(u) is soluble for A=Aut Г and v∈∨Г.We prove that either Г is normal or G=A_(5),A_(10),A_(54),A_(274),A_(549) or A_(1099).Further,11-valent symmetric nonnormal Cayley graphs of As,A54 and A274 are constructed.This provides some more examples of nonnormal 11-valent symmetric Cayley graphs of finite nonabelian simple groups after the first graph of this kind(of valency 11)was constructed by Fang,Ma and Wang in 2011.展开更多
文摘Let be a connected Cayley graph of group G, then Γ is called normal if the right regular representation of G is a normal subgroup of , the full automorphism group of Γ. For the case where G is a finite nonabelian simple group and Γ is symmetric cubic Cayley graph, Caiheng Li and Shangjin Xu proved that Γ is normal with only two exceptions. Since then, the normality of nonsymmetric cubic Cayley graph of nonabelian simple group aroused strong interest of people. So far such graphs which have been known are all normal. Then people conjecture that all of such graphs are either normal or the Cayley subset consists of involutions. In this paper we give an negative answer by two counterexamples. As far as we know these are the first examples for the non-normal cubic nonsymmetric Cayley graphs of finite nonabelian simple groups.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(11701503,11861076,12061089,11761079)Yunnan Applied Basic Research Projects(2018FB003,2019FB139)the third author was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(11601263,11701321).
文摘A Cayley graph Г=Cay(G,S)is said to be normal if G is normal in Aut Г.In this paper,we investigate the normality problem of the connected 11-valent symmetric Cayley graphs Г of finite nonabelian simple groups G,where the vertex stabilizer A_(u) is soluble for A=Aut Г and v∈∨Г.We prove that either Г is normal or G=A_(5),A_(10),A_(54),A_(274),A_(549) or A_(1099).Further,11-valent symmetric nonnormal Cayley graphs of As,A54 and A274 are constructed.This provides some more examples of nonnormal 11-valent symmetric Cayley graphs of finite nonabelian simple groups after the first graph of this kind(of valency 11)was constructed by Fang,Ma and Wang in 2011.
