Mathematical properties of the hyperbolicity of circulant networks (Q277687)

Summary: If \(X\) is a geodesic metric space and \(x_1, x_2, x_3 \in X\), a geodesic triangle \(T = \{x_1, x_2, x_3 \}\) is the union of the three geodesics \([x_1 x_2]\), \([x_2 x_3]\), and \([x_3 x_1]\) in \(X\). The space \(X\) is \(\delta\)-hyperbolic (in the Gromov sense) if any side of \(T\) is contained in a \(\delta\)-neighborhood of the union of the two other sides, for every geodesic triangle \(T\) in \(X\). The study of the hyperbolicity constant in networks is usually a very difficult task; therefore, it is interesting to find bounds for particular classes of graphs. A network is circulant if it has a cyclic group of automorphisms that includes an automorphism taking any vertex to any other vertex. In this paper we obtain several sharp inequalities for the hyperbolicity constant of circulant networks; in some cases we characterize the graphs for which the equality is attained.