Normally regular digraphs

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Abstract: A normally regular digraph with parameters (v,k,lambda,mu) is a directed graph on v vertices whose adjacency matrix A satisfies the equation AAt=kI+lambda(A+At)+mu(JIAAt). This means that every vertex has out-degree k, a pair of non-adjacent vertices have mu common out-neighbours, a pair of vertices connected by an edge in one direction have lambda common out-neighbours and a pair of vertices connected by edges in both directions have 2lambdamu common out-neighbours. We often assume that two vertices can not be connected in both directions. We prove that the adjacency matrix of a normally regular digraph is normal. A connected k-regular digraph with normal adjacency matrix is a normally regular digraph if and only if all eigenvalues other than k are on one circle in the complex plane. We prove several non-existence results, structural characterizations, and constructions of normally regular digraphs. In many cases these graphs are Cayley graphs of abelian groups and the construction is then based on a generalization of difference sets. We also show connections to other combinatorial objects: strongly regular graphs, symmetric 2-designs and association schemes.



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