Homotopy in Q-polynomial distance-regular graphs
Homotopy in Q-polynomial distance-regular graphs
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Q 多项式距离正则图中的同伦
DOI:
10.1016/s0012-365x(00)00045-5
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2000
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H. A. Lewis
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H. A. Lewis
LetΓdenote a Q-polynomial distance-regular graph with diameterd⩾3. We show that if the valency is at least three, then the intersection numberp123is at least two; consequently the girth is at most six. We then consider a condition on the dual eigenvalues ofΓthat must hold ifΓis the quotient of an antipodal distance-regular graph of diameterD⩾7; we callΓapseudoquotientwhenever this condition holds. For our main result, we show that ifΓis not a pseudoquotient, then any cycle inΓcan be ‘decomposed’ into cycles of length at most six. We present this result using homotopy.