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In mathematics, an arc-transitive graph is a graph G such that, given any two edges e1 = u1v1 and e2 = u2v2 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.