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Strongly regular graph

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Definition

Let v,k,λ,μv, k, \lambda, \mu be non-negative integers. A finite graph GG is strongly regular with parameters (v,k,λ,μ)(v, k, \lambda, \mu), written srg(v,k,λ,μ)\mathrm{srg}(v, k, \lambda, \mu), if:

  1. GG has vv vertices and is kk-regular.
  2. Every two adjacent vertices have exactly λ\lambda common neighbours.
  3. Every two distinct non-adjacent vertices have exactly μ\mu common neighbours.

Remarks

Many authors also require that GG is neither complete nor edgeless, so that both conditions 2 and 3 apply to some pair. Counting the edges between the neighbours of a vertex xx and the vertices not adjacent to xx gives k(k−λ−1)=(v−k−1)μk(k - \lambda - 1) = (v - k - 1)\mu. Example: the Petersen graph is an srg(10,3,0,1)\mathrm{srg}(10, 3, 0, 1): it is 33-regular, it has no triangles, so λ=0\lambda = 0, and two non-adjacent vertices have exactly one common neighbour. Check of the identity: 3⋅(3−0−1)=6=(10−3−1)⋅13 \cdot (3 - 0 - 1) = 6 = (10 - 3 - 1) \cdot 1. Non-example: the cycle graph C6C_6 is 22-regular, but two vertices at distance 22 have one common neighbour while two opposite vertices have none, so clause 3 fails. The complement of an srg(v,k,λ,μ)\mathrm{srg}(v, k, \lambda, \mu) is an srg(v,v−k−1,v−2−2k+μ,v−2k+λ)\mathrm{srg}(v, v - k - 1, v - 2 - 2k + \mu, v - 2k + \lambda).

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