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arxiv: 1803.10797 · v2 · pith:DCBPZIXQnew · submitted 2018-03-28 · 🧮 math.CO

Using symbolic computation to prove nonexistence of distance-regular graphs

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keywords distance-regularintersectionarraygraphnonexistencealgebraargumentscases
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A package for the Sage computer algebra system is developed for checking feasibility of a given intersection array for a distance-regular graph. We use this tool to show that there is no distance-regular graph with intersection array $\{(2r+1)(4r+1)(4t-1), 8r(4rt-r+2t), (r+t)(4r+1); 1, (r+t)(4r+1), 4r(2r+1)(4t-1)\}$ ($r, t \ge 1$), $\{135, 128, 16; 1, 16, 120\}$, $\{234, 165, 12; 1, 30, 198\}$ or $\{55, 54, 50, 35, 10; 1, 5, 20, 45, 55\}$. In all cases, the proofs rely on equality in the Krein condition, from which triple intersection numbers are determined. Further combinatorial arguments are then used to derive nonexistence.

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