A conjecture of Biggs concerning the resistance of a distance-regular graph

Gregory Markowsky, Jacobus Koolen

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Abstract

Biggs conjectured that the resistance between any two points on a distance- regular graph of valency greater than 2 is bounded by twice the resistance between adjacent points. We prove this conjecture, give the sharp constant for the inequality, and display the graphs for which the conjecture most nearly fails. Some necessary background material is included, as well as some consequences.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1 - 15
Number of pages15
JournalThe Electronic Journal of Combinatorics
Volume17
Issue number1
Publication statusPublished - 2010
Externally publishedYes

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