Jump to content

Perkel graph

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The printable version is no longer supported and may have rendering errors. Please update your browser bookmarks and please use the default browser print function instead.
Perkel graph
Perkel graphs with 19-fold symmetry
Vertices57
Edges171
Radius3
Diameter3
Girth5
Automorphisms3420
Chromatic number3
PropertiesRegular, distance-transitive
Table of graphs and parameters

In mathematics, the Perkel graph, named after Manley Perkel, is a 6-regular graph with 57 vertices and 171 edges. It is the unique distance-regular graph with intersection array (6, 5, 2; 1, 1, 3).[1] The Perkel graph is also distance-transitive.

It is also the skeleton of an abstract regular polytope, the 57-cell.

The vertex set is Z3 × Z19 where (i,j) is joined to (i+1,k) when (kj)3 = 26i.

References

  1. ^ Coolsaet, K. and Degraer, J. "A Computer Assisted Proof of the Uniqueness of the Perkel Graph." Designs, Codes and Crypt. 34, 155–171, 2005.
  • Brouwer, A. E. Perkel Graph. [1].
  • Brouwer, A. E.; Cohen, A. M.; and Neumaier, A. The Perkel Graph for L(2,19). 13.3 in Distance Regular Graphs. New York: Springer-Verlag, pp. 401–403, 1989.
  • Perkel, M. Bounding the Valency of Polygonal Graphs with Odd Girth. Can. J. Math. 31, 1307-1321, 1979.
  • Perkel, M. Characterization of in Terms of Its Geometry.Geom. Dedicata 9, 291-298, 1980.
  • Weisstein, Eric W. "Perkel graph". MathWorld.