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On distance-transitive graphs and involutions

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Abstract

We present a new result on distance-transitive graphs and show how it can be used in the case where the vertex stabilizer is the centralizer of some involution.

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    Present address: Dept. of Math. Tufts University, 02155, Medford, MA, USA

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van Bon, J. On distance-transitive graphs and involutions. Graphs and Combinatorics 7, 377–394 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01787642

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