On Algorithmic Problems Concerning Graphs of Higher Degree of Symmetry

International Journal on Applications of Graph Theory in Wireless Ad hoc Networks and Sensor
Networks(GRAPH-HOC) Vol.6, No.4, December 2014
DOI:10.5121/jgraphoc.2014.6401 1
ON ALGORITHMIC PROBLEMS CONCERNING
GRAPHS OF HIGHER DEGREE OF SYMMETRY
VISHAL GOUNDAR
School of Engineering,New Zealand
ABSTRACT
Since the ancient determination of the five platonic solids the study of symmetry and regularity has always
been one of the most fascinating aspects of mathematics. One intriguing phenomenon of studies in graph
theory is the fact that quite often arithmetic regularity properties of a graph imply the existence of many
symmetries, i.e. large automorphism group G. In some important special situation higher degree of
regularity means that G is an automorphism group of finite geometry. For example, a glance through the
list of distance regular graphs of diameter d < 3 reveals the fact that most of them are connected with
classical Lie geometry. Theory of distance regular graphs is an important part of algebraic combinatorics
and its applications such as coding theory, communication networks, and block design. An important tool
for investigation of such graphs is their spectra, which is the set of eigenvalues of adjacency matrix of a
graph. Let G be a finite simple group of Lie type and X be the set homogeneous elements of the associated
geometry. The complexity of computing the adjacency matrices of a graph Gr on the vertices X such that
Aut GR = G depends very much on the description of the geometry with which one starts. For example, we
can represent the geometry as the totality of 1 cosets of parabolic subgroups 2 chains of embedded
subspaces (case of linear groups), or totally isotropic subspaces (case of the remaining classical groups), 3
special subspaces of minimal module for G which are defined in terms of a G invariant multilinear form.
The aim of this research is to develop an effective method for generation of graphs connected with classical
geometry and evaluation of its spectra, which is the set of eigenvalues of adjacency matrix of a graph. The
main approach is to avoid manual drawing and to calculate graph layout automatically according to its
formal structure. This is a simple task in a case of a tree like graph with a strict hierarchy of entities but it
becomes more complicated for graphs of geometrical nature. There are two main reasons for the
investigations of spectra: (1) very often spectra carry much more useful information about the graph than a
corresponding list of entities and relationships (2) graphs with special spectra, satisfying so called
Ramanujan property or simply Ramanujan graphs (by name of Indian genius mathematician) are important
for real life applications (see [13]). There is a motivated suspicion that among geometrical graphs one
could find some new Ramanujan graphs.
1. INTRODUCTION
Nowadays, lots of studies on graphs are motivated by real world applications. Graphs are
mathematical model for road networks, telephone networks, digital circuits in information
technology. Expanders are mathematical models of networks with the expansion property: there is
a positive constant c such that for any set A containing at most half of all points on the plane
(vertices) the number of all neighbours is at least cǀAǀ. For applications (parallel computation,
networking, cryptography) we need expanders with a constant c as large as it is possible. It is said
that the infinite family of graphs Xi is a family of expanders with constant c, if every Xi has an
expansion constant c, which does not depend on i. Expander graphs are widely used in computer
Science, in areas ranging from parallel computation to complexity theory and cryptography [16].
Applications need t-regular expanders, i.e. graphs in which each vertex is connected with exactly
t neighbours. It is known that random regular graphs are good expanders. For large number of

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vertices n, most t-regular graphs are good expanders (Sarnak, see [26]). Explicit construction of
infinite families of t-regular expanders (t fixed) turns out to be difficult. Gregory Margulis
[21][22] constructed the only known infinite family of expanders of bounded degree. He used the
deep representation theory of semisimple groups. For real life applications it is important to
construct large (not necessarily infinite) families of t-regular expanders for given t, because we
are working with finite network.
2. PRELIMINARIES
2.1 Graph Theory
A graph is a pair Γ = (V,E) consisting of a set V = V(Γ), referred to as the vertex set of Γ
and a set E = E(Γ) of 2-subsets of V, referred to as the edge set of Γ. That is, our graphs
are undirected, without loops or multiple edges. Elements of V and E are called vertices
(or points), and edges, respectively.
The girth of a graph Γ, denoted by g = g(Γ), is the length of the shortest cycle in Γ. If Γ
has no cycles, the girth of Γ is infinity.
A tree is a connected (simple) graph with no cycles. Any graph without cycles is called a
forest. So, a forest is a set of disjoint trees.
The following classical statements can be found in any handbook on Graph Theory.
Lemma: Every finite tree with vertices has a leaf, i.e., a vertex of valency l.
Corollary: Every m-regular tree, m≥2, is an infinite graph.
Lemma: An infinite m-regular tree exists for each m≥2. All m-regular trees are
isomorphic.
We can view a m-regular tree as an incidence graph for a group incidence structure. Via
such a representation, a m-regular tree becomes a familiar object for algebraists.
DEFINITION (Bipartite Graph). A bipartite graph G = (X,Y,E ) is a graph whose
vertices are partitioned into two vertex sets, X and Y, and every edge in G joins a vertex
in X with a vertex in Y.
The concept of degree. The degree of a vertex is the number of edges that are incident on
(or stick out of) the vertex. We will show that the sum of the degrees of all the vertices in
a graph is twice the number of edges of the graph.
DEFINITION Let G be a graph and v a vertex of G. The degree of v, denoted deg(v),
equals the number of edges that are incident on v, with an edge that is a loop counted
twice. The total degree of G is the sum of the degrees of all vertices of G.
DEFINITION (Symmetric Matrix). An nxn square matrix A=(aij) is called symmetric if
and only if, for all i,j=1,2,⋯,n aij=aji

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DEFINITION. The adjacency matrix of Γ is the nxn matrix A=A(Γ) whose entries aij are given by
(2.1) aij =
1, if and are adjacent;
0, otherwise.

If λ is an eigenvalue of A, then since A is real and symmetric, it follows that λ is real, and the
multiplicity of λ as a root of the equation det(λI-A)=0 is equal to the dimension of the space of
eigenvectors corresponding to λ.
DEFINITION (Spectrum). The spectrum of a graph Γ is the set of numbers which are eigenvalues
of A(Γ), together with their multiplicities. If the distinct eigenvalues of A(Γ) are λ0 λl ⋯ λs-1,
and their multiplicities are m(λ0), m(λl),⋯,m(λs-1), then we shall write
0 1 1
0 1 1
( ) ( ) ( )
s
s
Spec
m m m
λ λ λ
λ λ λ
−
−
 
Γ =  
 
L
L
For example, the complete graph Kn is the graph with n vertices in which each distinct pair are
adjacent. Thus the graph K9 has adjacency matrix
=

0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1
0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1
0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0
0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
!
and the spectrum of K9 is
9
3 0
3
K
1 2
6
Spec
 
=  
 
We refer to the eigenvalues of A=A(Γ) as the eigenvalues of Γ. The characteristic polynomial
det(λI-A) will be referred to as the characteristic polynomial of Γ, and denoted by X(Γ;λ)
Suppose the characteristic polynomial of Γ is
X(Γ;λ)=λn+c1λn-1
+c2λn-2
+c3λn-3
+⋯+cn
The spectrum of a bipartite graph. A graph is bipartite if its vertex set can be partitioned into two
parts V1 and V2 such that each edge has one vertex in V1 and one vertex in V2. If we order the
vertices so that those in V1 come first, then the adjacency matrix of a bipartite graph takes the
form
0
0
T
B
A
B
 
=  
 

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If x is an eigenvector corresponding to the eigenvalue λ, and x
% is obtained from x by changing
the signs of the entries corresponding to the vertices in V2, then x
% is an eigenvector
corresponding to the eigenvalue -λ. It follows that the spectrum of a bipartite graph is symmetric
with respect to 0.
The adjacency matrix of a bipartite graph Γ is a matrix of kind
0
0
n T
B
M
B
 
=  
 
Eigenvalues of graph Γ are λ
± , where λ is eigenvalues of matrix T
n
A BB
= .
An upper bound for the largest eigenvalue. Suppose that the eigenvalues of Γ are λ0≥λ1≥⋯≥λn-1,
where Γ has n vertices and m edges.
A graph is said to be regular of degree p (or p -regular) if each of its vertices has degree p.
Proposition. Let Γ be a regular graph of degree p. Then:
(i) p is an eigenvalue of Γ;
(ii) if Γ is connected, then the multiplicity of p is 1;
(iii) for any eigenvalue λ of Γ, we have p
λ ≤ .
If v and w are vertices of a graph Γ, and e={v,w} is an edge of Γ, then we say that e joins v and
w, and that v and w are the ends of e.
The number of edges of which v is an end is called the degree of v. A subgraph of Γ is
constructed by taking a subset S of E(Γ) together with all vertices incident in Γ with some edge
belonging to S. An induced subgraph of Γ is obtained by taking a subset U of V(Γ) together with
all edges which are incident in Γ only with vertices belonging to U. In both cases the incidence
relation in the subgraph is inherited from the incidence relation in Γ. see [25]
3. DESCRIPTION OF OBJECTS
Let G be a group with proper distinct subgroups G1 and G2. The group incidence structure
( ) ( ) 1 2
,
G G
G G
Γ = Γ has the set of points ( )
1
:
P G G
= , and the set of lines ( )
2
:
L G G
= , and
incidence relation : ,
I pIl ,
p P l L
∈ ∈ iff the set-theoretical intersection p l
∩ of cosets is
nonempty.
Let us consider the bipartite graph ( ) ( ) 1 2
,
G G
G G
Γ = Γ of the incidence relation I. We will identify
the incidence structure and related bipartite graph. If G is a free product of G1 and G2, then Γ(G)
is an infinite tree. The graphs defined in the section below in terms of equations, can be
considered as
1 2
,
i G G
G
F
 
Γ 
 
where G=G1*G2 and G1, G2 are an elementary abelian finite group of
order p and Fi is a special filtration for G.

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The graphs D(m,k) are graphs ( ) 1 2
,
G G
G
Γ where G1= G2 = Zm and
( )
m n
n
Z Z
G
F
∗
= where G is a
factor group of the free product Zm with Zn by a special normal subgroup Fn of finite index and
1 2 1
n n
F G F G
∩ = ∩ = (for more details see[2])
4. CONCLUSION
We are able to create a model in a computer, t-regular expander Γ for given number t, with the
size M, where M is a given constant and estimate the related expansion constant. Possible
parameters t and M are restricted only by the capacity of the computer. In fact we are working
with 2 families of t-regular graphs D(t,k) [13] and Wk(t) [33] where t2 and k1 are integers,
number of vertices for each graph is 2tk
. For t = 2 the graph is not connected. We set up the
computer program which demonstrate for quite big array of pairs (t,k) that these graphs are very
good expanders. In fact, we got that
1
2 2
t
c
t
≥ − if t is a prime number.
Walks via edges define natural distance on graph. Let Γ2
be the graph which has same vertices
with Γ and vertices connected via edge in Γ2
iff they are at distance 2 in Γ.
Our computations demonstrate that graphs (Wk(t))2
and (D(t,k))2
are also good expanders. The
valencies or the number of neighbours of them are t(t̵1) where t is prime and expansion constant c
can be bounded below as
( )
1 3
2 2 1
t
−
−
. We are able to find (t̵s) regular subgraphs on
( ) ( )
1
2 k
t s t −
− , for s=1,2 vertices inside of D(t,k) or Wk(t) with nice expansion properties. Such
graphs can be useful in situation when D(t,k) is too big to operate by computer but subgraphs
have reasonable size.
Graphs Wk(t) and D(t,k) have rather different properties. For instance, if t is prime then D(t,k), k
3 does not have small cycles (of length k+5) but Wk(t) always has cycle of length 8.
Anyway graphs Wk(t) and D(t,k) could be defined similarly in group theoretical terms via so
called free product F(G) of two copies of the finite group G. Our results allow us to conjecture
the existence of larger class of t-regular graph (quotients of geometry of F(G) which contains
both families D(t,k) and Wk(t) and have same bound for expansion constant. The technique we
use to estimate the expansion constant is based on mysterious connections between expansion and
spectral properties of graphs.
One canonical way to retrieve the information about the graph Γ is to generate the adjacency
matrix A, which is the matrix whose columns and rows are labelled by vertices of the graph and
entry related to vertices u and v contains number 1 if v connected by an edge with u, otherwise
the entry is 0.
The array of eigenvalues of A is known as spectra of graph Γ. Spectra give the important
information about graphs and spectral graph theory [4][5] is one of the most important branches
of graph theory. Computation of eigenvalues is itself an important problem and there is the
following connection between spectral and expansion properties of graphs. It can be shown that if

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λ1(X) is the second largest eigenvalue of the adjacency matrix of a t-regular graph X, then
1
2
t
c
t
λ
−
≥ .
Thus, if λ1 is small the expansion constant is large. According to the well-known result of Alon
and Boppana, if Xn is an infinite family of t-regular graphs (t fixed), then ( )
1
lim 2 1
n
X t
λ ≥ − .
This statement was the motivation of the study of Ramanujan graphs among t-regular graphs. A
finite t-regular graph Y is called Ramanujan if, for every eigenvalue λ of Y, either |λ|=t or
2 1
t
λ ≤ − . So, Ramanujan graphs are in some sense, best expanders.
Explicit constructions of infinite families of Ramanujan graphs of bounded or unbounded degree
is important problem of Graph Theory [17]. Just few families are known to be Ramanujan. We
mention some of them. Explicit constructions of families of t -regular Ramanujan graphs were
given by Lubotzky, Phillips and Sarnak [19] for all prime t-1. They proved that graphs defined in
[22] turn out to be Ramanujan. M. Morgenstern (see [24]), generalized this result. He proved the
existence of infinitely many Ramanujan graphs for every valency t of type 1
pα
+ , where p is an
arbitrary prime and ⋯ is any positive integer. Both constructions have used the deep number
theory. Our computations show that graphs D(t,k) and Wk(t) (t is fixed, k is a parameter) are
Ramanujan for k=2,3,4.
More then that we find the close formula for elements of spectra. Thus we introduce new families
of Ramanujan graph. If k ≥ 5 and t is a prime number, graphs are asymptotically Ramanujan:
the second largest eigenvalue for them is 2 t and clearly the ratio
2 1
2
t
t
−
goes to 1 when t is
growing. We will discuss the results in more details below.
Conclusion 4.1
The first aim of research was to study spectra for several families of regular algebraically defined
graphs and some special induced subgraphs of them by computational and theoretical tools. For
computations a new computer package has been designed. It allowed us to generate the full data
about the graph in the form of adjacency matrix and afterwards to compute the spectrum of the
matrix.
The second part was to analyse the data and guess the closest formula for the second largest
eigenvalue or to get a close bound for it; to investigate whether or not the families are useful for
application in networking (parallel computations, cryptography and etc.).
The computer experiment have been completed for the graphs D(m,k) and W(m,k) for the
following list of parameters:

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3 64 for 2
3 17 for 3
3 8 for 4
3 5 for 5
3 4 for 6
3 for 7
m k
m k
m k
m k
m k
m k
≤ ≤ =
≤ ≤ =
≤ ≤ =
≤ ≤ =
≤ ≤ =
= =
They present graphically two dimension pictures presenting eigenvalues (axis 0x) and the related
multiplicities (axis 0y).
Vertical lines 2 1
x m
= ± − allow us to decide whether or not the graph is Ramanujan and if not
how far the expansion properties of the graph are from the properties of a Ramanujan graph.
Example of a table below shows the eigenvalues and multiplicities of eigenvalues for the graph
D(5,3).
List of eigenvalues of matrix A Multiplicity of eigenvalues
0 88
±√5 40
±√10 40
±5 1
The analysis of the data show us interesting trigonometric properties beyond the spectra of
graphs. Both families of graphs W(m,k) and D(m,k), m is prime, belong to a large class of
graphs, which are quotients of forests related to free products of groups. If k=2 or 3, equations in
description of objects show us that W(m,k) is same as D(m,k) for all possible values of m. But
for k 3 the behaviour of W(m,k) and D(m,k) is different. For instance, the girth of graph
D(m,k) is at least k+5 but W(m,k) always has a cycle of length 8. It is very interesting that our
computations show that spectral properties of the graphs are similar.
Problems about expanders is discussed in [16]. Some of them deal with families of graphs of
unbounded degree, others are about families of given degree. We will specialise the parameter k
step by step (k=2, k=3, ⋯). Families D(m,k) and W(m,k) will depend only on degree m.
We notice several interesting patterns depending on arithmetical properties of the parameter m.
Let us consider the first case when m=p, where p is a prime number.
k=2 m=p, p is prime number of graph D(p,2).
Number of divisors of p is 2. Number of distinct eigenvalues 5.
Conjecture:
( )
( )
( )
( )
1
2 1
p p
p
p p
λ λ λ
−
−
± ± .
We may conjecture that D(p,2), p is prime form a family of Ramanujan graphs.
k=3 m=p, p is prime number of graph D(p,3).

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Number of divisors of p is 2. Number of distinct eigenvalues is 7.
Conjecture:
( )
( )
( )
( )
( )
( )
2
1
2 1 1
1 ( ( 1) 2) 2
2
p p p p
p p p
p p p
λ λ λ λ
− −
− − +
± ± ±
We may conjecture that D(p,3), p is prime form a family of Ramanujan graphs.
k=4 m=p where p is prime number of graph W(p,4), p ≥ 5.
Conjecture:
( )
( )
( )
( )
( )
( )( )
( )
2 2
3 3 1 3
24 3 2 1 3 1 1 9
2 2 2 2 8
2 3
p p p p
p p p p p p p p
p p p p
λ λ λ λ λ
− − −
   
+ − + − − −
   
   
± ± ± ±
The above conjecture is checked for p=5, 7.
We may conjecture that W(p, 4), p is prime form a family of Ramanujan graphs.
We may conjecture that we have 3 new families of Ramanujan graph.
If second largest eigenvalue is bounded away from valency, graph form a family of geometric
expander in sense of Alon[l]. We may conjecture about existence of the following families of
geometric expander with valency m, m is composite.
k=2 m is a non prime degree of graph D(m,2)
1. m=pq where { }
, , : | and is a prime number
p q p q q p p q
∈
Number of divisors of m is 4. Number of distinct eigenvalues is 9.
Conjecture:
( ) ( ) ( )( )
( )
( )
( )( )
( )
( )
( )
( )
( )
2 2 1 1 1 1
2 1 1 1 1 m p q q q p p
p q q p p q
m p q q p m
λ λ λ λ λ
− − − −
− + − − − −
± ± ± ±
2. m=p2
q where { }
, , : | and is a prime number
p q p q q p p q
∈
Conjecture:
( ) ( )( )
( )
( ) ( )
( ) ( )
( )
( )
( )
( ) ( )
( )
( )
( )
2 2 2
3
2 3 4
1 1 1 1
2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
1 1 1 1
2
m m m p p p p p p m q p p
p p p p
p p p pq q q q
p q pq
pq p p pq p q m
λ λ λ
λ λ λ λ
 
 
− − − + − + − − + −
 
  − −
 
  −
 
 
− − − −
± ±
± ± ± ±
3. m=8p where p is a prime number different from 2. Number of divisors of m is 8.
Number of distinct eigenvalues is 17.
conjecture:
( ) ( )
( )
( )
( )
( )
( )
( )
( ) ( ) ( )
2
21 43 4 1 32
86
2
32 4
2 1 1 2
8
2 2 4 2 2
4 2 8 4 4 2
m
m m p
m m
p p p p
p p p
p p p p m
λ λ λ λ
λ λ λ λ λ
 
− −
+ −  
 
− −
± ± ±
± ± ± ± ±
4. m=6p where p is a prime number different from 2 and 3. Number of divisors of m is 8.
Number of eigenvalues 17.

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conjecture:
( )
( )
( )
( )
( )
( )
( )
( )
( ) ( ) ( ) ( )
2
5 2 2 1 2 1
7 42
6
1 12 6 2
2 3 3 2
6 6 2 3 3 2
m p m p p p
m m
p p
m p p
p p p p m
λ λ λ λ
λ λ λ λ λ
− − −
+ −
−
± ± ±
± ± ± ± ±
5. m=pr
, p is a prime number
conjecture:
( )
( ) 2 1
2 1
1
2
1 2
1
, 2, 2
i
p p
m i
r r
p
i
m p p r
λ λ λ
−
−
−
−
+
=
 
± Π ± ≥ ≥
 
 
k=3 m is a non prime degree of graph D(m,3)
1. If m=2t where t is a prime number different from 2. Number of divisors of m is 4.
conjecture:
( )
( )
( )
( )( )
( )
( )
( ) ( )
3 2
2
5 2 2 1 1
3 9 12
4
1 4 2
2
2 2
m m m t t
m m m
t t
m t
m t m
λ λ λ
λ λ λ
− + −
− + −
−
± ±
± ± ±
Now let us discuss spectral properties of graphs N(D(m,k)) and N(W(m,k)).
If m is prime then these families are distance two graphs for D(m,k) and W(m,k) respectively.
If m is composite, then we may obtain N(D(m,k)) and N(W(m,k)) from distance 2 graph by
throwing away edges between vertices such that difference of first coordinates of them is not
invertible over m
Z .
Conjectures for the characteristic polynomial of N(D(m,2))
k=2
1. m=p, p is prime number.
Number of divisors of p is 2. Number of eigenvalues 3.
Conjecture:
( )
( )( )
( )
( )
1
1
1
p
p p
p p p
λ λ λ
−
−
+ − −
We may conjecture that we have an infinite family of Ramanujan graphs of unbounded degree.
2. m=ps
where p is a prime number and s ≥ 1.
Conjecture:
( )
2
1
2 2
1
p
m p p m m
p p
λ λ λ
−
−
 
−  
− +
  
 
 
, where m is a nonprime number.
3. m=2s
pt
where { }
: 3| is a prime number and , 1.
p p p p s t
∈ ≥ ≥
Conjecture:
( )
2
1
2 2
2 1
2 2
p
m p p m m
p p
λ λ λ
−
−
 
−  
± ±
  
 
 

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4. m=qp
where { }
, , : 5 and 3| | | and is a prime number
p q p q p q p q p q p q
∈ ≥ ≥ ≠
Conjecture:
( )( )
( )( )( )( )
( )
( ) ( )
( )
2 1 1
1 1
1 1 1 1
p q
q p
m m
m q p m m q m p
λ λ λ λ λ
− −
− −
−
− − − − + − + −
5. m=ar
bs
ct
where
{ }
, , , , : 2, 3 and 5| a b c | c b a | a,b and is a prime numb
r,
er
s,t 1
a b c a b c a b c c
∈ ≥ ≥ ≥ ≠ ≠
≥
Conjecture:
( )
( ) ( )
( ) ( ) ( ) ( )
2 2 1 2 1
6
2 1 1 2
p p
m p
m p m p m p
λ λ λ λ λ
− −
−
± − ± − ± ±
Conjectures for the characteristic polynomial of N(D(m,3)
k=3
1. m=p, p is prime number.
Conjecture:
( )
( )( )
( ) ( )
( )
( )
2
1 1
1 1 1
2 1
2 2 1
p
p p p p
p p
p p p p
λ λ λ λ
−
 
− + −
−  
 
+ − − − , where p is a prime number.
Case of bounded degree. This case is the most interesting one. Just two families of expanders are
known previously (see [26]).
First, let us consider an interesting trigonometry beyond graphs D(m,k) and W(m,k) in case of
prime degree. We notice here that all eigenvalues except ±m of our graphs can be written in the
form 2 cos
m α .
The distance two graphs for D(m,k) and W(m,k) coincide with N(D(m,k)) and N(W(m,k)).
The largest eigenvalue is m(m-1) and all eigenvalues can be written in the form 2 cos m
m β + .
Thus we have the following conjecture:
If m is fixed then families D(m,k), W(m,k), N(D(m,k)), N(W(m,k)) are families with fixed
degree of expanders. Their second largest eigenvalue is bounded by 2 or 3
m m .
In case of small valency (p=3) there is a hope to get infinite family of Ramanujan graph, or other
families of expanders.
If n is composite, we notice the following patterns:
Conjectures for the characteristic polynomial of W(m,k) and N(W(m,k)), for m=3.
W(m,k)
• Number of distinct eigenvalues is 7.
For k=3,4,5,6,7 the characteristic polynomial of W(m,k) can be written as:
( ) ( ) ( )
2 2
3
3 4 3 2 3 3
16 3
3 6 3
k k
k
k
λ λ λ λ
− −
−
− × ×
×
± ± ±

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N(W(m,k))
For k=3,4,5,6,7 the characteristic polynomial of N(W(m,k)) can be written as:
( ) ( ) ( )
3 2 3
4
3 8 3 2 3 3
9
3 3 6
k k k k
λ λ λ λ
− − −
× ×
+ − −
The assumption that these patterns are valid for all k is wrong, because according to the result of
Alon and Boppana (see introduction) for the second largest eigenvalue λ1(k) of graph W(m,k) we
have ( )
1
lim 2 3 1
k
λ ≥ − .
Anyway it still can be two new infinite family of Ramanujan graphs of valency 3 (cubic graphs)
and 6 respectively.
Conjecture for the characteristic polynomial of W(m,k) for m=4.
Number of distinct eigenvalues is 9:
Conjecture:
( )
( )
( ) ( )
( )
( )
( )
2 2
2 5
2 2 2 3
2 5 7 2 2
5 2 2
25 2
2 2 2 2 3 4
k
k
k k
k
λ λ λ λ λ
−
−
− −
− ×
×
×
± ± ± ±
The above conjecture is checked for k=4, 5, 6.
We may assume that we got here an infinite family of Ramanujan graph of degree 4 (quadruple
graphs). The formula above does not contradict to the Alon and Boppana theorem (see
introduction).
Free Product. Generalized conjecture:
Connected components of graphs D(m,k) when k is even and of W(m,k), can be described in
group theoretical terms as graphs of incidence structure ( ) 1 2
,
/ G G
G F
Γ (see page 33), where G1
and G2 are two copies of cyclic group ⋯m, G is the free product 1 2
G G
∗ and F is a special
normal subgroup. If m is prime, D(m,k) and W(m,k) do not contain cycles C4 and C6 (see [12]).
We may generalize this in the following conjecture:
Let G1 and G2 be two copies of finite group H, and let F be a normal subgroup of G1*G2 such
that 1 2 1
G F G F
∩ = ∩ = and the graph ( ) 1 2
1 2 / G G
G G F ∗
Γ = Γ ∗ has no cycles 4 6
,
C C . Then
the second largest eigenvalue of Γ is bounded by 2 H .
This conjecture has been presented at conferences [9][30] and specialists expressed an interest to
work on the proof of it.
The problem to generate network with good expansion property (in other words expanding
graphs) is very important for applications. We are able to construct some finite sequences of
Ramanujan graphs of unbounded prime degree. In fact, even infinite family of graphs if our
conjectures are correct.

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We have construction of geometric expanders of valency m and ( )
m m
φ
× , m with special
arithmetic properties. If our generalized conjecture is true, we can generate a geometrical
expander of any degree (|H| can be any number).
Additionally, we have several families of graphs under suspicion that they are expanders of
bounded degree. Our graphs can be computed efficiently and a specialist may use them in
different problems: parallel computation, cryptography or networking.
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