Norton algebras of the Hamming graphs via linear characters (Q2030754)

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Norton algebras of the Hamming graphs via linear characters
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    Norton algebras of the Hamming graphs via linear characters (English)
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    7 June 2021
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    Summary: The Norton product is defined on each eigenspace of a distance regular graph by the orthogonal projection of the entry-wise product. The resulting algebra, known as the Norton algebra, is a commutative nonassociative algebra that is useful in group theory due to its interesting automorphism group. We provide a formula for the Norton product on each eigenspace of a Hamming graph using linear characters. We construct a large subgroup of automorphisms of the Norton algebra of a Hamming graph and completely describe the automorphism group in some cases. We also show that the Norton product on each eigenspace of a Hamming graph is as nonassociative as possible, except for some special cases in which it is either associative or equally as nonassociative as the so-called double minus operation previously studied by \textit{J. Huang} et al. [J. Integer Seq. 20, No. 10, Article 17.10.3, 11 p. (2017; Zbl 1384.05026)]. Our results restrict to the hypercubes and extend to the halved and/or folded cubes, the bilinear forms graphs, and more generally, all Cayley graphs of finite abelian groups.
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    distance regular graphs
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    Hamming graph
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