New families of Q-polynomial association schemes

نویسندگان

  • Tim Penttila
  • Jason Williford
چکیده

In this paper, we construct the first known infinite family of primitive Qpolynomial schemes which are not generated by distance-regular graphs. To construct these examples, we introduce the notion of a relative hemisystem of a generalized quadrangle with respect to a subquadrangle.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • J. Comb. Theory, Ser. A

دوره 118  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2011