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Graphs whose full automorphism group is a symmetric group

Part of: Graph theory

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 April 2009

Martin W. Liebeck
Martin W. Liebeck
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics Imperial CollegeLondon S.W.7, England
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Abstract

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We address the problem of describing all graphs Γ such that Aut Γ is a symmetric group, subject to certain restrictions on the sizes of the orbits of Aut Γ on vertices. As a corollary of our general results, we obtain a classification of all graphs Γ on v vertices with Aut Γ ≅ Sn, where ν < min{5n, ½n(n – 1)}.

MSC classification

Secondary: 05C25: Graphs and abstract algebra (groups, rings, fields, etc.)
Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of the Australian Mathematical Society , Volume 44 , Issue 1 , February 1988 , pp. 46 - 63
Copyright
Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1988

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