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In mathematics, a Cayley graph, also known as a Cayley color graph, Cayley diagram, group diagram, or color group, [1] is a graph that encodes the abstract structure of a group. Its definition is suggested by Cayley's theorem (named after Arthur Cayley), and uses a specified set of generators for the group.
This is usually done by studying the Cayley graphs of groups, which, in addition to the graph structure, are endowed with the structure of a metric space, given by the so-called word metric. Geometric group theory, as a distinct area, is relatively new, and became a clearly identifiable branch of mathematics in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
Visualization comparing the sheet and the binary tree Cayley graph of (,). Red and blue edges correspond to a {\displaystyle a} and b {\displaystyle b} , respectively. In the mathematical field of group theory , the Baumslag–Solitar groups are examples of two-generator one-relator groups that play an important role in combinatorial group ...
Cayley table as general (and special) linear group GL(2, 2) In mathematics, D 3 (sometimes alternatively denoted by D 6) is the dihedral group of degree 3 and order 6. It equals the symmetric group S 3. It is also the smallest non-abelian group. [1] This page illustrates many group concepts using this group as example.
Hence, the fundamental group of the Cayley graph Γ(G) is isomorphic to the kernel of φ, the normal subgroup of relations among the generators of G. The extreme case is when G = {e}, the trivial group, considered with as many generators as F, all of them trivial; the Cayley graph Γ(G) is a bouquet of circles, and its fundamental group is F ...
A Cayley graph of the symmetric group S 4 using the generators (red) a right circular shift of all four set elements, and (blue) a left circular shift of the first three set elements. Cayley table, with header omitted, of the symmetric group S 3. The elements are represented as matrices. To the left of the matrices, are their two-line form.
Let be a finite group, let be the set of all irreducible characters of , let = (,) be the Cayley graph (or directed Cayley graph) corresponding to a generating subset of {}, and let be a positive integer. Is the set
Another simple example is given by the infinite cyclic group : the Cayley graph of with respect to the generating set {} is a line, so all triangles are line segments and the graph is -hyperbolic. It follows that any group which is virtually cyclic (contains a copy of Z {\displaystyle \mathbb {Z} } of finite index) is also hyperbolic, for ...