In this paper we present a time-polynomial recognition algorithm for certain classes of circulant graphs. Our approach uses coherent configurations and Schur rings generated by circulant graphs for elucidating their symmetry properties and eventually finding a cyclic automorphism.

For a given graph G, denote by A its adjacency matrix and F (t) = exp(iAt). We say that there exists a perfect state transfer (PST) in G if |F (τ)ab| = 1, for some vertices a, b and a positive real number τ . Such a property is very important for the modeling of quantum spin networks with nearest-neighbor couplings. We consider the existence of the perfect state transfer in integral circulant g...

Circulant graphs are an important class of interconnection networks in parallel and distributed computing. Integral circulant graphs play an important role in modeling quantum spin networks supporting the perfect state transfer as well. The integral circulant graph ICGn(D) has the vertex set Zn = {0, 1, 2, . . . , n− 1} and vertices a and b are adjacent if gcd(a− b, n) ∈ D, where D ⊆ {d : d | n...

All graphs considered in the paper are directed. Let % be a graph on n vertices which we identify with the elements of the additive cyclic group Zn 1⁄4 f0; 1; . . . ; n 1g. The graph % is called circulant if it has a cyclic symmetry, that is, if the permutation ð0; 1; 2; . . . ; n 1Þ is an automorphism of the graph. Each circulant graph is completely determined by its connection set S which is ...

The random walk formalism is used across a wide range of applications, from modelling share prices to predicting population genetics. Likewise, quantum walks have shown much potential as a framework for developing new quantum algorithms. Here we present explicit efficient quantum circuits for implementing continuous-time quantum walks on the circulant class of graphs. These circuits allow us to...

We estimate the norms of standard Gaussian random Toeplitz and circulant matrices and their inverses, mostly by means of combining some basic techniques of linear algebra. In the case of circulant matrices we obtain sharp probabilistic estimates, which show that these matrices are expected to be very well conditioned. Our probabilistic estimates for the norms of standard Gaussian random Toeplit...

A first kind Frobenius graph is a Cayley graph Cay(K,S) on the Frobenius kernel of a Frobenius group K o H such that S = a for some a ∈ K with 〈a〉 = K, where H is of even order or a is an involution. It is known that such graphs admit ‘perfect’ routing and gossiping schemes. A circulant graph is a Cayley graph on a cyclic group of order at least three. Since circulant graphs are widely used as ...

The aim of this work is twofold: to unify, systematize and extend the known results of the analytical (i.e. formula-wise) counting of directed and undirected circulant graphs with a prime or, more generally, square-free number of vertices; to develop a general combinatorial framework for the counting of nonisomorphic circulant graphs with pk vertices, p odd prime, k 2. The general problem of co...

The intention of the paper is to move a step towards a classification of network topologies that exhibit periodic quantum dynamics. We show that the evolution of a quantum system whose hamiltonian is identical to the adjacency matrix of a circulant graph is periodic if and only if all eigenvalues of the graph are integers (that is, the graph is integral). Motivated by this observation, we focus...

The standard products—cartesian, lexicographic, tensor, and strong—all belong to a class of products introduced by W. Imrich and H. Izbicki (1975, Monatsh. Math. 80, 277–281) and later called B-products by I. Broere and J. H. Hattingh (1990, Quaest. Math. 13, 191–216) who establish that the lexicographic product of two circulant graphs is again circulant. In this paper, we establish that any B-...