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0-1 matrices with zero trace whose squares are 0-1 matrices

Combinatorics 2018-03-06 v1

Abstract

In this paper, we determine the maximum number of nonzero entries in 0-1 matrices of order nn with zero trace whose squares are 0-1 matrices when n8n\ge 8. The extremal matrices attaining this maximum number are also characterized.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1803.01293,
  title  = {0-1 matrices with zero trace whose squares are 0-1 matrices},
  author = {Zejun Huang and Zhenhua Lyu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1803.01293},
  year   = {2018}
}

Comments

20 pages, 11 figures

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