Balaban 10-cage

Balaban 10-cage

The Balaban 10-cage
Named after A. T. Balaban
Vertices 70
Edges 105
Radius 6
Diameter 6
Girth 10
Automorphisms 80
Chromatic number 2
Chromatic index 3
Properties Cubic
Cage
Hamiltonian

In the mathematical field of graph theory, the Balaban 10-cage or Balaban (3,10)-cage is a 3-regular graph with 70 vertices and 105 edges named after A. T. Balaban.[1] Published in 1972,[2] It was the first (3,10)-cage discovered but is not unique.[3]

The complete list of (3-10)-cage and the proof of minimality was given by O'Keefe and Wong.[4] There exists 3 distinct (3-10)-cages, the other two being the Harries graph and the Harries–Wong graph.[5] Moreover, the Harries–Wong graph and Harries graph are cospectral graphs.

The Balaban 10-cage has chromatic number 2, chromatic index 3, diameter 6, girth 10 and is hamiltonian. It is also a 3-vertex-connected graph and a 3-edge-connected graph.

The characteristic polynomial of the Balaban 10-cage is

Gallery

See also

Molecular graph

References

  1. ↑ Weisstein, Eric W. "Balaban 10-Cage". MathWorld.
  2. ↑ A. T. Balaban, A trivalent graph of girth ten, J. Combin. Theory Ser. B 12, 1-5. 1972.
  3. ↑ Pisanski, T.; Boben, M.; Marušič, D.; and Orbanić, A. "The Generalized Balaban Configurations." Preprint. 2001. .
  4. ↑ M. O'Keefe and P.K. Wong, A smallest graph of girth 10 and valency 3, J. Combin. Theory Ser. B 29 (1980) 91–105.
  5. ↑ Bondy, J. A. and Murty, U. S. R. Graph Theory with Applications. New York: North Holland, p. 237, 1976.
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