A note on the stability number of an orthogonality graph

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Abstract: We consider the orthogonality graph Omega(n) with 2^n vertices corresponding to the 0-1 n-vectors, two vertices adjacent if and only if the Hamming distance between them is n/2. We show that the stability number of Omega(16) is alpha(Omega(16))= 2304, thus proving a conjecture by Galliard. The main tool we employ is a recent semidefinite programming relaxation for minimal distance binary codes due to Schrijver. As well, we give a general condition for Delsarte bound on the (co)cliques in graphs of relations of association schemes to coincide with the ratio bound, and use it to show that for Omega(n) the latter two bounds are equal to 2^n/n.


Let \(\Omega(n)\) be the graph on \(2^n\) vertices corresponding to the vectors \(\{0,1\}^n\), such that two vertices are adjacent if and only if the Hamming distance between them is \(n/2\). Then \(\Omega(n)\) is regular of degree \({n\choose n/2}\). Let \(\alpha(\Gamma)\) be the stability number of a graph \(\Gamma\). This note studies upper bounds on the stability number \(\alpha(\Omega(n))\) for \(n\leq 32\). It is known that \(\alpha(\Omega(n))\leq 2^n/n\) (the ratio bound). Schrijver (Laurent) obtained new upper bounds \(\overline \alpha(n)\) (\(l^+(n)\)) such that \(\alpha(\Omega(n))\leq l^+(n)\leq \overline\alpha(n)\leq 2^n/n\). For \(n=16\) the lower and Schrijver bound coincide, so \(\alpha(\Omega(16))=2304\) (previously known was \(\alpha(\Omega(16))\leq 3912\)). For \(n=20\) the Schrijver and the Laurent bound coincide, so \(20144\leq \alpha(\Omega(20))\leq 20164\). For \(n=24\) the Schrijver bound is 183373 and the Laurent bound is 184194, so \(178208\leq \alpha(\Omega(24))\leq 183173\).





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