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Terwilliger Algebras of Wreath Powers of One-Class Association Schemes

Combinatorics 2008-09-08 v1 History and Overview

Abstract

In this paper, we study the subconstituent algebras, also called as Terwilliger algebras, of association schemes that are obtained as the wreath product of one-class association schemes Kn=H(1,n)K_n=H(1, n) for n2n\ge 2. We find that the dd-class association scheme Kn1Kn2...KndK_{n_{1}}\wr K_{n_{2}} \wr ... \wr K_{n_{d}} formed by taking the wreath product of KniK_{n_{i}} has the triple-regularity property. We determine the dimension of the Terwilliger algebra for the association scheme Kn1Kn2...KndK_{n_{1}}\wr K_{n_{2}}\wr ... \wr K_ {n_{d}}. We give a description of the structure of the Terwilliger algebra for the wreath power (Kn)d(K_n)^{\wr d} for n2n \geq 2 by studying its irreducible modules. In particular, we show that the Terwilliger algebra of (Kn)d(K_n)^{\wr d} is isomorphic to Md+1(C)M1(C)12d(d+1)M_{d+1}(\mathbb{C})\oplus M_1(\mathbb{C})^{\oplus \frac12d(d+1)} for n3n\ge3, and Md+1(C)M1(C)12d(d1)M_{d+1}(\mathbb{C})\oplus M_1(\mathbb{C})^{\oplus \frac12d(d-1)} for n=2n=2.

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@article{arxiv.0809.1052,
  title  = {Terwilliger Algebras of Wreath Powers of One-Class Association Schemes},
  author = {Gargi Bhattacharyya and Sung Y. Song},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0809.1052},
  year   = {2008}
}

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