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Classification of 4- and 5-arc-transitive cubic graphs of small girth

Part of: Graph theory Special aspects of infinite or finite groups

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 April 2009

Margaret J. Morton
Margaret J. Morton
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University of AucklandPrivate Bag Auckland, New Zealand
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This paper classifies all finite connected 4- and 5-arc-transitive cubic graphs that contain circuits of length less than or equal to 11, or of length 13, and some of those graphs with circuits of length 12.

MSC classification

Secondary: 05C25: Graphs and abstract algebra (groups, rings, fields, etc.) 20F05: Generators, relations, and presentations
Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of the Australian Mathematical Society , Volume 50 , Issue 1 , February 1991 , pp. 138 - 149
Copyright
Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1991

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