Beyond symmetry in generalized Petersen graphs
A graph is a core or unretractive if all its endomorphisms are automorphisms. Well-known examples of cores include the Petersen graph and the graph of the dodecahedron—both generalized Petersen graphs. We characterize the generalized Petersen graphs that are cores. A simple characterization of endom...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2024 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universidad de Barcelona |
| Repositorio: | Dipòsit Digital de la UB |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/217280 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/2445/217280 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Teoria de grafs Endomorfismes (Teoria de grups) Graph theory Endomorphisms (Group theory) |
| Sumario: | A graph is a core or unretractive if all its endomorphisms are automorphisms. Well-known examples of cores include the Petersen graph and the graph of the dodecahedron—both generalized Petersen graphs. We characterize the generalized Petersen graphs that are cores. A simple characterization of endomorphism-transitive generalized Petersen graphs follows. This extends the characterization of vertextransitive generalized Petersen graphs due to Frucht, Graver, and Watkins and solves a problem of Fan and Xie. Moreover, we study generalized Petersen graphs that are (underlying graphs of) Cayley graphs of monoids. We show that this is the case for the Petersen graph, answering a recent mathoverflow question, for the Desargues graphs, and for the Dodecahedron—answering a question of Knauer and Knauer. Moreover, we characterize the infinite family of generalized Petersen graphs that are Cayley graphs of a monoid with generating connection set of size two. This extends Nedela and Škoviera’s characterization of generalized Petersen graphs that are group Cayley graphs and complements results of Hao, Gao, and Luo. |
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