#!/usr/bin/env python # coding: utf-8 # # Nonexistence of a $Q$-polynomial association scheme with Krein array $\{2r^2-1, 2r^2-2, r^2+1; 1, 2, r^2-1\}$ and $r$ odd # # We will show that a $Q$-polynomial association scheme with Krein array $\{2r^2-1, 2r^2-2, r^2+1; 1, 2, r^2-1\}$ and $r$ odd does not exist. This Krein array is feasible for all $r \ge 2$. For $r = 2^j$, this Krein array is realized by the duals of Kasami codes with minimum distance $5$. # In[1]: get_ipython().run_line_magic('display', 'latex') import drg # Such a scheme would have $4r^4$ vertices. # In[2]: r = var("r") p = drg.QPolyParameters([2*r^2-1, 2*r^2-2, r^2+1], [1, 2, r^2-1]) p.order(expand=True, factor=True) # Since the scheme is $Q$-polynomial, we have $q^1_{13} = q^1_{31} = q^3_{11} = 0$. Additionally, we have $q^1_{11} = 0$. # In[3]: [p.q[1, 1, 1], p.q[1, 1, 3], p.q[1, 3, 1], p.q[3, 1, 1]] # The intersection numbers can be checked to be nonnegative and integral for both even and odd values of $r \ge 2$. # In[4]: p.pTable(factor=True, simplify=True) # Let us check that the case $r = 3$ satisfies the known feasibility conditions. We skip the family nonexistence check since the Krein array of the members of family with $r$ odd is already included. # In[5]: p.subs(r == 3).check_feasible(skip=["family"]) # We now compute the triple intersection numbers with respect to three vertices $x, y, z$ such that $x$ is in relation $1$ with $y$ and $z$, and $y$ is in relation $2$ with $z$. Note that we have $p^2_{11} = r(r+2)(r^2-1)/4 > 0$ for all $r \ge 2$, so such triples must exist. The parameters $\alpha, \beta, \gamma, \delta$ will denote the number of vertices in relations $(1, 3, 1), (2, 3, 3), (3, 1, 1), (3, 3, 3)$, respectively, to $x, y, z$. # In[6]: S112 = p.tripleEquations(1, 1, 2, params={'alpha': (1, 3, 1), 'beta': (2, 3, 3), 'gamma': (3, 1, 1), 'delta': (3, 3, 3)}) S112[1, 2, 3] # We see that the above triple intersection number can only be integral when $r$ is even. We thus conclude that a $Q$-polynomial association scheme with Krein array $\{2r^2-1, 2r^2-2, r^2+1; 1, 2, r^2-1\}$ and $r$ odd **does not exist**.