Non-symmetric association schemes with
3 classes.
We consider association schemes with three relations (or graphs) R1, R2 and R3.
We assume that R1and R2 are non-symmetric. R1T= R2 and that R3 is symmetric. Then R3 is a strongly regular graph.
Papers:
[J1] Leif K Jørgensen, Algorithmic Approach to Non-symmetric
3-class association schemes, in Algorithmic algebraic combinatorics and Gröbner bases, eds.: M. Klin et al., Springer 2009, 251-268.
[J2] Leif K. Jørgensen, Schur rings and non-symmetric association
schemes on 64 vertices, Discrete Mathematics (2010),
doi:10.1016/j.disc.2010.03.002
Two new
association schemes/Bush-type Hadamard matrices of order 36 constructed in [J1].
New associations schemes with a regular group of order 64 constructed in [J2].
Table: Feasible parameter sets for primitive (all relations are connected graphs)
non-symmetric association schemes with three classes and less than 100
vertices.
R3 parameters | p112 | p312 | scheme exists | S-ring exists | reference |
(36,21,12,12) | 0 | 2 | yes, 1 | no | Iwasaki |
(64,35,18,20) | 4 | 2 | yes | yes | Enomoto and Mena |
(64,27,10,12) | 4 | 6 | yes | yes | [J2] |
(64,21,8,6) | 7 | 6 | ? | no | |
(81,30,9,12) | 9 | 5 | ? | no | |
(85,20,3,5) | 13 | 8 | ? | no | |
(85,14,3,2) | 13 | 20 | ? | no | |
(96,57,36,30) | 3 | 4 | ? | ? | |
(96,19,2,4) | 16 | 10 | ? | ? | |
In the most interesting case of imprimitive non-symmetric association schemes with classes
the relation R3 is isomorphic to m disjoint copies of the complete graph Kr and a vertex in one Kr has exactly r/2 out-neighbours in R1 in any other Kr.
In this m and r are even and r-1 divides m-1. If r=2 then m is a multiple of 4.
Table: Feasible imprimitive non-symmetric association schemes with r>2, rm<100.
r | m | p112 | p312 | scheme exists | S-ring exists | reference |
4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | yes, 2 | yes, 1 scheme | |
6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | yes | no | [J1] |
4 | 10 | 8 | 6 | ? | no | |
4 | 16 | 14 | 10 | yes | yes, 40 schemes | [J2] |
8 | 8 | 12 | 12 | yes | yes, 46 schemes | [J2] |
4 | 22 | 20 | 14 | ? | no | |
6 | 16 | 21 | 18 | ? | ? | |