Strongly regular graph
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Definition
Let be non-negative integers. A finite graph is strongly regular with parameters , written , if:
- has vertices and is -regular.
- Every two adjacent vertices have exactly common neighbours.
- Every two distinct non-adjacent vertices have exactly common neighbours.
Remarks
Many authors also require that 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 and the vertices not adjacent to gives . Example: the Petersen graph is an : it is -regular, it has no triangles, so , and two non-adjacent vertices have exactly one common neighbour. Check of the identity: . Non-example: the cycle graph is -regular, but two vertices at distance have one common neighbour while two opposite vertices have none, so clause 3 fails. The complement of an is an .
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- Degree of a vertex definition
- Regular graph definition
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| Tag | J50MA9C0EH |
|---|---|
| URI | m2://J50MA9C0EH |
| Kind | definition |
| Writing | W0 stub |
| MSC | 05E30, 05C50 |
| Defines | Strongly regular graph |
| Uses | Graph, Regular graph, Neighbourhood |
| Changed | 2 November 2026 |
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