Mathematical Sciences - Colloquium

Toida's Conjecture is True and Other Results on the Cayley Isomorphism Problem

Dr. Joy Morris
University of Lethbridge

A Cayley graph X(G;S) where G is a group and , where S is inverse-closed, is defined by taking the vertices of the graph to be the elements of G, with an edge between vertices g and g' iff . A graph has the Cayley Isomorphism property if whenever it can be isomorphically represented as both the Cayley graph X(G;S) and X(G;S'), there is an automorphism of the group G that takes S to S'. A group has the Cayley Isomorphism property if all Cayley graphs on that group have the Cayley isomorphism property.

The Cayley Isomorphism problem is the question of which groups, and which graphs, have the Cayley Isomorphism property. This talk will provide an overview of results in this problem, leading up to the solution of Toida's conjecture: that if G is a cyclic group, and S is a subset of the units of G, then X(G;S) has the Cayley Isomorphism property.

Thursday, 5 December 2002
4:10 p.m. in Math 109
Coffee/treats at 3:30 p.m. Math 104 (Lounge)


Fall 2002 Colloquium Schedule | Mathematical Sciences | The University of Montana