An Application of Hoffman Graphs for Spectral Characterizations of Graphs

  • Qianqian Yang
  • Aida Abiad
  • Jack H. Koolen
Keywords: Hoffman graph, Graph eigenvalue, Interlacing, Walk-regular, Spectral characterization

Abstract

In this paper, we present the first application of Hoffman graphs for spectral characterizations of graphs. In particular, we show that the 2-clique extension of the $(t+1)\times (t+1)$-grid is determined by its spectrum when $t$ is large enough. This result will help to show that the Grassmann graph $J_2(2D,D)$ is determined by its intersection numbers as a distance regular graph, if $D$ is large enough.
Published
2017-01-20
Article Number
P1.12