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When are symmetric graphs characterised by their local properties?

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Praeger, C.E. (1982). When are symmetric graphs characterised by their local properties?. In: Billington, E.J., Oates-Williams, S., Street, A.P. (eds) Combinatorial Mathematics IX. Lecture Notes in Mathematics, vol 952. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0061976

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