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On the difference of the enhanced power graph and the power graph of a finite group 论有限群的增强幂图与幂图的区别

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Journal of Combinatorial Theory Series A Pub Date : 2024-06-21 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcta.2024.105932

Sucharita Biswas , Peter J. Cameron , Angsuman Das , Hiranya Kishore Dey

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Flag-transitive automorphism groups of 2-designs with λ ≥ (r,λ)2 are not product type λ≥(r,λ)2的2-设计的旗跨自形群不是积型的

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Journal of Combinatorial Theory Series A Pub Date : 2024-06-19 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcta.2024.105923

Huiling Li , Zhilin Zhang , Shenglin Zhou

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Intersection density of imprimitive groups of degree pq pq 度冒号群的交集密度

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Journal of Combinatorial Theory Series A Pub Date : 2024-06-12 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcta.2024.105922

Angelot Behajaina , Roghayeh Maleki , Andriaherimanana Sarobidy Razafimahatratra

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Remarks on MacMahon's q-series 关于麦克马洪 Q 系列的评论

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Journal of Combinatorial Theory Series A Pub Date : 2024-06-03 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcta.2024.105921

Ken Ono, Ajit Singh

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A multiparametric Murnaghan-Nakayama rule for Macdonald polynomials 麦克唐纳多项式的多参数穆纳汉-中山规则

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Journal of Combinatorial Theory Series A Pub Date : 2024-05-29 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcta.2024.105920

Naihuan Jing , Ning Liu

{"title":"A multiparametric Murnaghan-Nakayama rule for Macdonald polynomials","authors":"Naihuan Jing , Ning Liu","doi":"10.1016/j.jcta.2024.105920","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcta.2024.105920","url":null,"abstract":"<div>We introduce a new family of operators as multi-parameter deformation of the one-row Macdonald polynomials. The matrix coefficients of these operators acting on the space of symmetric functions with rational coefficients in two parameters <math><mi>q</mi><mo>,</mo><mi>t</mi></math> (denoted by <math><mi>Λ</mi><mo>(</mo><mi>q</mi><mo>,</mo><mi>t</mi><mo>)</mo></math>) are computed by assigning some values to skew Macdonald polynomials in λ-ring notation. The new rule is utilized to provide new iterative formulas and also recover various existing formulas in a unified manner. Specifically the following applications are discussed: (i) A <math><mo>(</mo><mi>q</mi><mo>,</mo><mi>t</mi><mo>)</mo></math>-Murnaghan-Nakayama rule for Macdonald functions is given as a generalization of the q-Murnaghan-Nakayama rule; (ii) An iterative formula for the <math><mo>(</mo><mi>q</mi><mo>,</mo><mi>t</mi><mo>)</mo></math>-Green polynomial is deduced; (iii) A simple proof of the Murnaghan-Nakayama rule for the Hecke algebra and the Hecke-Clifford algebra is offered; (iv) A combinatorial inversion of the Pieri rule for Hall-Littlewood functions is derived with the help of the vertex operator realization of the Hall-Littlewood functions; (v) Two iterative formulae for the <math><mo>(</mo><mi>q</mi><mo>,</mo><mi>t</mi><mo>)</mo></math>-Kostka polynomials <math><msub><mrow><mi>K</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>λ</mi><mi>μ</mi></mrow></msub><mo>(</mo><mi>q</mi><mo>,</mo><mi>t</mi><mo>)</mo></math> are obtained from the dual version of our multiparametric Murnaghan-Nakayama rule, one of which yields an explicit formula for arbitrary λ and μ in terms of the generalized <math><mo>(</mo><mi>q</mi><mo>,</mo><mi>t</mi><mo>)</mo></math>-binomial coefficient introduced independently by Lassalle and Okounkov.</div>","PeriodicalId":50230,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Combinatorial Theory Series A","volume":"207 ","pages":"Article 105920"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-05-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141163388","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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A characterisation of edge-affine 2-arc-transitive covers of K2n,2n K2n,2n的边缘-参数2-弧-传递盖的特性描述

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Journal of Combinatorial Theory Series A Pub Date : 2024-05-29 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcta.2024.105919

Daniel R. Hawtin , Cheryl E. Praeger , Jin-Xin Zhou

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Power-free complementary binary morphisms 无幂次互补二元态式

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Journal of Combinatorial Theory Series A Pub Date : 2024-05-22 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcta.2024.105910

Jeffrey Shallit , Arseny Shur , Stefan Zorcic

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Spectra of power hypergraphs and signed graphs via parity-closed walks 通过奇偶封闭行走的幂超图和有符号图谱

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Journal of Combinatorial Theory Series A Pub Date : 2024-05-22 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcta.2024.105909

Lixiang Chen , Edwin R. van Dam , Changjiang Bu

{"title":"Spectra of power hypergraphs and signed graphs via parity-closed walks","authors":"Lixiang Chen , Edwin R. van Dam , Changjiang Bu","doi":"10.1016/j.jcta.2024.105909","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcta.2024.105909","url":null,"abstract":"<div>The k-power hypergraph <math><msup><mrow><mi>G</mi></mrow><mrow><mo>(</mo><mi>k</mi><mo>)</mo></mrow></msup></math> is the k-uniform hypergraph that is obtained by adding <math><mi>k</mi><mo>−</mo><mn>2</mn></math> new vertices to each edge of a graph G, for <math><mi>k</mi><mo>≥</mo><mn>3</mn></math>. A parity-closed walk in G is a closed walk that uses each edge an even number of times. In an earlier paper, we determined the eigenvalues of the adjacency tensor of <math><msup><mrow><mi>G</mi></mrow><mrow><mo>(</mo><mi>k</mi><mo>)</mo></mrow></msup></math> using the eigenvalues of signed subgraphs of G. Here, we express the entire spectrum (that is, we determine all multiplicities and the characteristic polynomial) of <math><msup><mrow><mi>G</mi></mrow><mrow><mo>(</mo><mi>k</mi><mo>)</mo></mrow></msup></math> in terms of parity-closed walks of G. Moreover, we give an explicit expression for the multiplicity of the spectral radius of <math><msup><mrow><mi>G</mi></mrow><mrow><mo>(</mo><mi>k</mi><mo>)</mo></mrow></msup></math>. As a side result, we show that the number of parity-closed walks of given length is the corresponding spectral moment averaged over all signed graphs with underlying graph G. By extrapolating the characteristic polynomial of <math><msup><mrow><mi>G</mi></mrow><mrow><mo>(</mo><mi>k</mi><mo>)</mo></mrow></msup></math> to <math><mi>k</mi><mo>=</mo><mn>2</mn></math>, we introduce a pseudo-characteristic function which is shown to be the geometric mean of the characteristic polynomials of all signed graphs on G. This supplements a result by Godsil and Gutman that the arithmetic mean of the characteristic polynomials of all signed graphs on G equals the matching polynomial of G.</div>","PeriodicalId":50230,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Combinatorial Theory Series A","volume":"207 ","pages":"Article 105909"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-05-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141078251","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Maximum flag-rank distance codes 最大旗阶距离编码

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Journal of Combinatorial Theory Series A Pub Date : 2024-05-20 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcta.2024.105908

Gianira N. Alfarano , Alessandro Neri , Ferdinando Zullo

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Linkage of graphs with flows 图形与流量的联系

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Journal of Combinatorial Theory Series A Pub Date : 2024-05-03 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcta.2024.105907

Alex Abreu , Marco Pacini , Matheus Secco

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