On the nonexistence of almost Moore digraphs

  • Authors:
  • J. Conde;J. Gimbert;J. González;M. Miller;J. M. Miret

  • Affiliations:
  • -;-;-;-;-

  • Venue:
  • European Journal of Combinatorics
  • Year:
  • 2014

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Abstract

Digraphs of maximum out-degree at most d1, diameter at most k1 and order N(d,k)=d+...+d^k are called almost Moore or (d,k)-digraphs. So far, the problem of their existence has been solved only when d=2,3 or k=2,3,4. In this paper we derive the nonexistence of (d,k)-digraphs, with k4 and d3, under the assumption of a conjecture related to the factorization of the polynomials @F"n(1+x+...+x^k), where @F"n(x) denotes the nth cyclotomic polynomial and 1