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In this paper we will look at the relationship between the intersection number c 2 and the diameter of a distance-regular graph. We also give some tools to show that a distance-regular graph with large c 2 is bipartite, and a tool to show that if k D is too small then the distance-regular graph has to be antipodal.
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This is one of several papers published together in Designs, Codes and Cryptography on the special topic: “Geometric and Algebraic Combinatorics”.
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Koolen, J.H., Park, J. A relationship between the diameter and the intersection number c 2 for a distance-regular graph. Des. Codes Cryptogr. 65, 55–63 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10623-011-9600-3
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10623-011-9600-3