Some formulas for spin models on distance-regular graphs (Q1305530)

A spin model is a square matrix \(W\) satisfying certain conditions which ensure that it yields an invariant of knots and links via statistical mechanical construction of V. F. R. Jones. Recently F. Jaeger gave a topological construction for each spin model \(W\) of an association scheme which contains \(W\) in its Bose-Mesner algebra. Shortly thereafter, N. Nomura gave a simple algebraic construction of such a Bose-Mesner algebra \(N(W)\). In this paper we study the case \(W\in{\mathcal A}\subseteq N(W)\), where \({\mathcal A}\) is the Bose-Mesner algebra of a distance-regular graph. We show the following results. Let \(\Gamma= (X,R)\) be a distance-regular graph of diameter \(d>1\) such that the Bose-Mesner algebra \({\mathcal A}\) of \(\Gamma\) satisfies \(W\in{\mathcal A}\subseteq N(W)\) for some spin model \(W\) on \(X\). Write \(W= \sum^d_{i= 0}t_iA_i\), where \(A_i\) denotes the \(i\)th adjacency matrix. Set \(x_i= t^{-1}_{i-1} t_i\) and \(p= x^{-1}_1 x_2\). Then \(x_i= p^{i- 1}x_1\) holds for all \(i\). Moreover, the eigenvalues and the intersection numbers of \(\Gamma\) are rational functions of \(x_1\) and \(p\). \(\copyright\) Academic Press.