Explorations in Algebraic Graph Theory with Sage

Chris Godsil

University of Waterloo
Department of Combinatorics and Optimization

Rob Beezer

University of Puget Sound
Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
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Table of Contents

Preface
1. Getting Started
Getting Information
Basics
Fiddling with Vertices and Edges
Graph()
Vertices
2. First Projects
Pseudosimilar Vertices
Circle Graphs
Line Graphs and Covers
3. Cayley Graphs
Cayley Graphs
The Higman-Sims Graph
The 600-Cell
Cubelike Graphs
4. Distance-Regular Graphs
Distance Regularity
Generalized Quadrangles
The McLaughlin Graph
Drackns: Generating Parameter Sets
5. Polynomials and Power Series
Forbidden Words
Fractions and Series
Solving Equations
Newton-Raphson
Counting Trees
6. Matrices
Continuous Quantum Walks
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