MTH 661
Algebraic Graph Theory, I

Winter 2025 - PSU Campus - FMH 416

Syllabus,   Calendar,   Discussion Group

 Chapter One

  Notation, maps,

  and some graph

  families

  Week 1   §1.1 – Graphs
  §1.2 – Subgraphs
  §1.3 – Automorphisms
  (slides for 1.1-3)
  Week 2   §1.4 – Homomorphisms
  §1.5 – Circulant graphs
  §1.6 – Johnson graphs
  (slides for 1.4-6)
  Week 3   §1.7 – Line graphs   (slides for 1.7)
  §1.8 – Planar graphs   (slides for 1.8)
 Homework One  Due Jan 29
 8 problems from Chapter 1
 Chapter Two

  Group actions,

  symmetry, orbitals,

  and primitivity

  Week 4
  §2.1 – Permutation groups
  §2.2 – Counting
  (slides for 2.1-2)
  Week 5
  §2.3 – Asymmetric graphs
  (slides for 2.3a),   (slides for 2.3b)
  §2.4 – Orbits on pairs
  (slides for 2.4)
  Week 6
  §2.5 – Primitivity   (slides for 2.5)
  §2.6 – Primitivity & connectivity
  (slides for 2.6)
 Homework Two  Due Feb 19
 8 problems from Chapter 2
 Chapter Three

  Transitivity and

  connectivity

  Week 7
  §3.1 – Vertex-transitive graphs
  §3.2 – Edge-transitive graphs
  (slides for 3.1-2)
  §3.3 – Edge connectivity
  (slides for 3.3)
  Week 8
  §3.4 – Vertex connectivity
  §3.5 – Matchings
  §3.6 – Hamiltonian Paths & Cycles
  Week 9
  §3.7 – Cayley graph characterization
  §3.8 – Non-Hamiltonian Cayley digraphs
  Week 10
  §3.9 – Retracts
  §3.10 – Transpositions
 Homework Three  Due Mar 18
 8 problems from Chapter 3



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