Generalized Petersen graph induced-subgraph conjecture

A generalized Petersen graph is a graph of the form G(n,k)G(n,k), consisting of an outer nn-cycle, an inner set of vertices joined according to multiplication by kk modulo nn, and corresponding outer-inner edges. A graph is an induced subgraph of another graph if its vertices induce exactly the edges of the smaller graph. A minimal Cayley graph is a Cayley graph whose connection set is a minimal generating set for its group.

Generalized Petersen graph conjecture. Every generalized Petersen graph is an induced subgraph of a minimal Cayley graph.

The paper notes that some generalized Petersen graphs are already covered by known characterizations of generalized Petersen graphs that are themselves minimal Cayley graphs, and gives a general induced-subgraph construction for certain parameters together with computational checks for small cases. The assertion is posed as a principal open question.

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Primary source

Kolja Knauer and Alvaro Soto Gomez, “What is and is not inside a Cayley graph?”, arXiv:2506.14088 (2025).

Additional references

3 papers in this index state this conjecture (2017–2025). The statement above is taken from the most recent of them; the others are arXiv:2210.04649, arXiv:1702.05257.

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