The spectral excess theorem for distance-regular graphs: a global (over)view
The electronic journal of combinatorics, Tome 15 (2008)
Distance-regularity of a graph is in general not determined by the spectrum of the graph. The spectral excess theorem states that a connected regular graph is distance-regular if for every vertex, the number of vertices at extremal distance (the excess) equals some given expression in terms of the spectrum of the graph. This result was proved by Fiol and Garriga [From local adjacency polynomials to locally pseudo-distance-regular graphs, J. Combinatorial Th. B 71 (1997), 162-183] using a local approach. This approach has the advantage that more general results can be proven, but the disadvantage that it is quite technical. The aim of the current paper is to give a less technical proof by taking a global approach.
DOI :
10.37236/853
Classification :
05E30, 05C50
Mots-clés : distance-regular graphs, eigenvalues of graphs, spectral excess theorem
Mots-clés : distance-regular graphs, eigenvalues of graphs, spectral excess theorem
@article{10_37236_853,
author = {Edwin R. van Dam},
title = {The spectral excess theorem for distance-regular graphs: a global (over)view},
journal = {The electronic journal of combinatorics},
year = {2008},
volume = {15},
doi = {10.37236/853},
zbl = {1180.05130},
url = {http://geodesic.mathdoc.fr/articles/10.37236/853/}
}
Edwin R. van Dam. The spectral excess theorem for distance-regular graphs: a global (over)view. The electronic journal of combinatorics, Tome 15 (2008). doi: 10.37236/853
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