Ramanujan geometries of type \(\tilde A_{n}\) (Q1402066)

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Ramanujan geometries of type \(\tilde A_{n}\)
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    Ramanujan geometries of type \(\tilde A_{n}\) (English)
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    19 August 2003
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    A finite regular graph of degree \(k\) is said to be Ramanujan if, apart from the trivial eigenvalues \(\pm k\), its spectrum is contained in the range \([-2\sqrt{k-1},+2\sqrt{k-1}]\). Extremal spectral properties corresponding to the Ramanujan property have been generalized by Lubotzky to finite graphs with a common universal cover \(X\) and, roughly speaking, the most concentrated spectrum compatible with that constraint. The authors explore the case when \(X\) is the skeleton graph of an \(\tilde{A}_n\) building and present a few conjectural Ramanujan geometries, supported by examples.
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    Ramanujan graph
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    building
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    spectrum
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    cyclic simple algebra
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