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In mathematics, an arc-transitive graph is a graph G such that, given any two edges e1 = u1v1 and e2 = u1v1 of G, there are two automorphisms

f : GG, g : GG

such that

f ( e1 ) = e2, g ( e1 ) = e2

and

f ( u1 ) = u2, f ( v1 ) = v2,
g ( u1 ) = v2, g ( v1 ) = u2.

In other words, a graph is arc-transitive if its automorphism group acts transitively upon its arcs.