Let Γ be a graph admitting an arc-transitive subgroup G of automorphisms that leaves invariant a vertex partition B with parts of size v ≥ 3. In this paper we study such graphs where: for B, C ∈ B connected by some edge of Γ , exactly two vertices of B lie on no edge with a vertex of C; and as C runs over all parts of B connected to B these vertex pairs (ignoring multiplicities) form a cycle. W...

In this note connected, edge-transitive lexicographic and Cartesian products are characterized. For the lexicographic product G ◦H of a connected graph G that is not complete by a graph H, we show that it is edge-transitive if and only if G is edge-transitive and H is edgeless. If the first factor of G ◦H is non-trivial and complete, then G ◦H is edge-transitive if and only if H is the lexicogr...

Let p be a prime. It was shown by Folkman (J. Combin. Theory 3 (1967) 215) that a regular edge-transitive graph of order 2p or 2p is necessarily vertex-transitive. In this paper an extension of his result in the case of cubic graphs is given. It is proved that, with the exception of the Gray graph on 54 vertices, every cubic edge-transitive graph of order 2p is vertex-transitive. c © 2003 Elsev...