Deza graphs with parameters $(n,k,k-1,a)$ and $\beta=1$
Abstract
A Deza graph with parameters is a -regular graph with vertices in which any two vertices have or () common neighbours. A Deza graph is strictly Deza if it has diameter , and is not strongly regular. In an earlier paper, the two last authors et el. characterized the strictly Deza graphs with and , where is the number of vertices with common neighbours with a given vertex. Here we deal with the case , thus we complete the characterization of strictly Deza graphs with . It follows that all Deza graphs with and can be made from special strongly regular graphs, and we present several examples of such strongly regular graphs. A divisible design graph is a special Deza graph, and a Deza graph with is a divisible design graph. The present characterization reveals an error in a paper on divisible design graphs by the second author et al. We discuss the cause and the consequences of this mistake and give the required errata.
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@article{arxiv.1806.03462,
title = {Deza graphs with parameters $(n,k,k-1,a)$ and $\beta=1$},
author = {Sergey Goryainov and Willem H. Haemers and Vladislav V. Kabanov and Leonid Shalaginov},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1806.03462},
year = {2021}
}