Further Results on the Pseudo-L_{g}(s) Association Scheme with g\geq 3, s\geq g+2

Publication date: 9 September 2019

Abstract: It is inevitable that the

L_{g} (s)

association scheme with

g g e q 3, s g e q g + 2

is a pseudo-

L_{g} (s)

association scheme. On the contrary, although

s^{2}

treatments of the pseudo-

L_{g} (s)

association scheme can form one

L_{g} (s)

association scheme, it is not always an

L_{g} (s)

association scheme. Mainly because the set of cardinality

s

, which contains two first-associates treatments of the pseudo-

L_{g} (s)

association scheme, is non-unique. Whether the order

s

of a Latin square

m a t h b f L

is a prime power or not, the paper proposes two new conditions in order to extend a

P O L (s, w)

containing

m a t h b f L

. It has been known that a

P O L (s, w)

can be extended to a

P O L (s, s - 1)

so long as Bruck's cite{brh} condition

s g e q f r a c (s - 1 - w)^{4} - 2 (s - 1 - w)^{3} + 2 (s - 1 - w)^{2} + (s - 1 - w) 2

is satisfied, Bruck's condition will be completely improved through utilizing six properties of the

L_{w + 2} (s)

association scheme in this paper. Several examples are given to elucidate the application of our results.

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