Abstract

We study gaps in the spectra of the adjacency matrices of large finite cubic graphs. It is known that the gap intervals (2 \sqrt2,3) and [-3,-2) achieved in cubic Ramanujan graphs and line graphs are maximal. We give constraints on spectra in [-3,3] which are maximally gapped and construct examples which achieve these bounds. These graphs yield new instances of maximally gapped intervals. We also show that every point in [-3,3) can be gapped by planar cubic graphs. Our results show that the study of spectra of cubic, and even planar cubic, graphs is subtle and very rich. We study gaps in the spectra of the adjacency matrices of large finite cubic graphs. It is known that the gap intervals\ (2 \sqrt2,3) and [-3,-2) achieved in cubic Ramanujan graphs and line graphs are maximal. We give constraints on spectra in [-3,3] which are maximally gapped and construct examples which achieve these bounds. These graphs yield new instances of maximally gapped intervals. We also show that every point in [-3,3) can be gapped by planar cubic graphs. Our results show that the study of spectra of cubic, and even planar cubic, graphs is subtle and very rich.

Publication Details
Publication Type
Journal Article
Year of Publication
2021
Volume
1
Number of Pages
1-38
DOI
10.1090/cams/3
Journal
Communications of the American Mathematical Society
Contributors
Date Published
10/2021