On the weak distance-regularity of Moore-type digraphs
Title:
On the weak distance-regularity of Moore-type digraphs
Author:
Comellas, F. Fiol, M. A. Gimbert, J. Mitjana, M.
Appeared in:
Linear & multilinear algebra
Paging:
Volume 54 (2006) nr. 4 pages 265-284
Year:
2006-07-01
Contents:
We prove that Moore digraphs, and some other classes of extremal digraphs, are weakly distance-regular in the sense that there is an invariance of the number of walks between vertices at a given distance. As weakly distance-regular digraphs, we then compute their complete spectrum from a 'small' intersection matrix. This is a very useful tool for deriving some results about their existence and/or their structural properties. For instance, we present here an alternative and unified proof of the existence results on Moore digraphs, Moore bipartite digraphs and, more generally, Moore generalized p-cycles. In addition, we show that the line digraph structure appears as a characteristic property of any Moore generalized p-cycle of diameter D ≥ 2p.