The diameter of a random Cayley graph of Z_q

G. Amir, Ori Gurel-Gurevich

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Abstract

Consider the Cayley graph of the cyclic group of prime order q with k uniformly chosen generators. For fixed k, we prove that the diameter of said graph is asymptotically (in q) of order q^(1/k). The same also holds when the generating set is taken to be a symmetric set of size 2k.
Original languageAmerican English
Pages (from-to)59-65
JournalGroups – Complexity – Cryptology
Volume2
Issue number1
StatePublished - 2006

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