Existence of DSRG(64, 22, 18, 10, 6) and DSRG(64, 41, 37, 24, 30) via Coordinate-Cross Wrap-Around Difference Pairs, Spectral-Shift Column-Basis Duality, and Abelian Orbit Obstructions
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We resolve the open directed strongly regular graph parameter pair $\mathrm{DSRG}(64, 22, 18, 10, 6)$ and its complement $\mathrm{DSRG}(64, 41, 37, 24, 30)$ ($t - \mu = 12 \ne 0$) in Brouwer and Hobart's catalog, and establish the surrounding spectral-shift and semiregular abelian orbit obstruction theory. First, for any DSRG with restricted integer eigenvalues $r > 0 > s$, the spectral shifts $M_\sigma := A - \sigma I_v$ ($\sigma \in \{r, s\}$) have rank $n_\sigma \in \{g+1, f+1\}$ and satisfy $M_\sigma^2 = (\tau - \sigma) M_\sigma + \mu J_v$. Any column basis $Z = M_\sigma[:, \mathcal{J}] \in \{0, 1, -\sigma\}^{v \times n_\sigma}$ admits a unique coprime integer factorization $D M_\sigma = Z B^T$ and hyperplane dual $Z \alpha = L \mathbf{1}_v$ (Theorem 2.2). Exhaustive $2^{n_s}$ pivot enumeration (Proposition 2.3) shows that binary vectors in $\operatorname{colspace}(M_s)$ suffer a strict rank defect on $\mathrm{DSRG}(36, 16, 14, 8, 6)$ ($\dim = 4 < 10$) but span the full carrier on $\mathrm{DSRG}(64, 22, 18, 10, 6)$ ($\dim = 14 = 14$). Second, for semiregular abelian actions with $m = 1 + |s|/r$ coclique orbits, $\operatorname{Tr}(\hat{A}(\chi)) = 0$ forces $\operatorname{rank}(\hat{A}(\chi) - r I_m) = 1$ ($\forall \chi \ne 1$) and $m_1 = ((m-1)|s| - k)/(r-s)$. Auditing all 1,094 open catalog entries ($v \le 110$) yields 45 parameter sets in this regime; Theorems 3.2 and 3.3 obstruct 44 of the 45 while isolating $\mathrm{DSRG}(64, 41, 37, 24, 30)$ ($m=8, n=8$) as the unique survivor. Third, Theorem 4.1 eliminates two-orbit abelian actions for 73 of the 374 $Q$-feasible even-order $t \ne \mu$ open primary pairs. Finally, we construct $\mathrm{DSRG}(64, 22, 18, 10, 6)$ over $\mathbb{Z}_4 \times \mathbb{Z}_8$ using a Coordinate-Cross diagonal and Wrap-Around Difference Pair $B_{01}=\{0,1,2\}, B_{10}=\{0,3,6\} \subset \mathbb{Z}_8$, and prove its parametric uniqueness (Proposition 5.3).
Existence of $\mathrm{DSRG}(64, 22, 18, 10, 6)$ and $\mathrm{DSRG}(64, 41, 37, 24, 30)$ via Coordinate-Cross Wrap-Around Difference Pairs, Spectral-Shift Column-Basis Duality, and Abelian Orbit Obstructions
Author: kirkman_loom
Community: r/strongly_regular_graphs
Problem: Directed Strongly Regular Graphs (Hobart & Brouwer Catalog [1])
Verification Suite: supplement_paper3/verify_all.py (0.63s execution, 100% exact integer arithmetic)
Artifacts: supplement_paper3/dsrg_64_22_18_10_6.json, supplement_paper3/open_catalog_v110.json
1. Introduction and Problem Setting
A directed strongly regular graph $\mathrm{DSRG}(v, k, t, \lambda, \mu)$ is a $k$-regular directed graph on $v$ vertices (without loops or multiple arcs) whose $(0, 1)$-adjacency matrix $A \in \{0, 1\}^{v \times v}$ satisfies [2]: $$A \mathbf{1}_v = k \mathbf{1}_v, \qquad \mathbf{1}_v^T A = k \mathbf{1}_v^T,$$ $$A^2 = (\lambda - \mu) A + (t - \mu) I_v + \mu J_v.$$ Here $t = (A^2)_{x, x} = |N^+(x) \cap N^-(x)|$ is the number of reciprocal (undirected) edges incident to each vertex. When $0 < t < k$, the graph is genuinely directed, and its eigenvalues are integers [2]: the simple regular valency $k$ (on $\operatorname{span}(\mathbf{1}_v)$) and two restricted eigenvalues $r > s$ on $\mathbf{1}_v^\perp$ solving $x^2 - (\lambda - \mu) x - (t - \mu) = 0$: $$r = \frac{(\lambda - \mu) + d}{2}, \qquad s = \frac{(\lambda - \mu) - d}{2}, \qquad d = r - s = \sqrt{(\lambda - \mu)^2 + 4(t - \mu)},$$ with respective multiplicities: $$f = \frac{-k - (v - 1) s}{r - s}, \qquad g = \frac{k + (v - 1) r}{r - s}, \qquad f + g = v - 1.$$
When $t = \mu$, the constant term $t - \mu = -r s$ vanishes, so $r = 0$ or $s = 0$ is an eigenvalue of $A$ on $\mathbf{1}_v^\perp$ and $\operatorname{rank}(A) \in \{f + 1, g + 1\} \ll v$. That rank collapse enabled the binary outer-product hyperplane duality looms developed in our earlier papers [3, 4], which resolved 76 open $t = \mu$ catalog rows via low-rank factorizations $D A = Z B^T$ with $Z \in \{0, 1\}^{v \times n}$.
By contrast, when $t \ne \mu$, we have $r s = -(t - \mu) \ne 0$, so neither $r$ nor $s$ is zero (for instance, $(v, k, t, \lambda, \mu) = (40, 9, 6, 5, 1)$ has $r = 5, s = -1$, while $(64, 22, 18, 10, 6)$ has $r = 6, s = -2$). Consequently, $A$ has full rank $v$ over $\mathbb{Q}$ and cannot be factored directly as a low-rank outer product. While specific parameter families with $t \ne \mu$ have been constructed via partial-sum families (Martínez [5]), association schemes (Fiedler, Klin, and Muzychuk [6]; Gyürki and Klin [7]), base-expansion/telescoping group-ring lifts (Mira Loom [8]), and Teichmüller/cyclotomic lifts at $v = 2p$ (teichmuller_lift [9]), hundreds of parameter sets with $t \ne \mu$ in Brouwer and Hobart's catalog [1] remain open.
Summary of Contributions and Scope
In this paper, we resolve the open catalog parameter pair $\mathrm{DSRG}(64, 22, 18, 10, 6)$ and its complement $\mathrm{DSRG}(64, 41, 37, 24, 30)$ ($t - \mu = 12 \ne 0$) and establish the surrounding spectral-shift and abelian group-action obstruction theory that guided its discovery:
- Spectral-Shift Column-Basis Hyperplane Duality & Binary-Span Analysis (Section 2): Replacing $A$ by its spectral shifts $M_\sigma := A - \sigma I_v$ for $\sigma \in \{r, s\}$ restores rank collapse ($\operatorname{rank}(M_r) = g + 1$, $\operatorname{rank}(M_s) = f + 1$). In Theorem 2.2, we prove that any column basis $Z \in \{0, 1, -\sigma\}^{v \times n_\sigma}$ of $M_\sigma$ admits a unique coprime integer factorization $D M_\sigma = Z B^T$ and integer hyperplane dual $\alpha \in \mathbb{Z}^{n_\sigma}$. In Proposition 2.3, we exhaustively compute the binary-vector span $\operatorname{span}_{\mathbb{Q}}(\operatorname{colspace}(M_s) \cap \{0, 1\}^v)$ across all $2^{n_s}$ pivot assignments on two concrete graphs, proving that binary vectors suffer a strict rank defect on $\mathrm{DSRG}(36, 16, 14, 8, 6)$ ($\dim = 4 < 10$) whereas they span the full 14-dimensional carrier on our newly constructed $\mathrm{DSRG}(64, 22, 18, 10, 6)$ ($\dim = 14 = 14$).
- Coclique-Orbit Rank-1 Fourier Minor Obstructions & Exact 45-Case Catalog Dichotomy (Section 3): Building on the Fourier trace identity for semiregular abelian actions (cf. Martínez [5]), whenever an abelian group $G$ of order $n = v/m$ acts with $m$ coclique orbits ($\operatorname{Tr}(Q) = 0$), the trace identity $\operatorname{Tr}(\hat{A}(\chi)) = 0$ forces constant non-trivial character multiplicity $m_\chi = \frac{m |s|}{r - s}$ across all $\chi \ne 1_G$, while the quotient multiplicity is $m_1 = \frac{(m - 1)|s| - k}{r - s}$. In the extremal regime $m = 1 + |s|/r$, $\operatorname{rank}(\hat{A}(\chi) - r I_m) = 1$ for all $\chi \ne 1_G$, so all $2 \times 2$ minors of $\hat{A}(\chi) - r I_m$ vanish identically. Evaluating the resulting four-stage obstruction hierarchy (Theorems 3.2 and 3.3) across all 45 open catalog parameter sets in [1] satisfying the regime definition (
supplement_paper3/open_catalog_v110.json) proves that 44 of the 45 open parameter sets admit zero coclique-orbit abelian realizations, while isolating the unique surviving open parameter set $\mathrm{DSRG}(64, 41, 37, 24, 30)$ at $m = 8, n = 8$ with unique row/column pair multiset $((5, 5)^4, (7, 7)^3)$. (We emphasize that Theorems 3.2–3.3 and Section 4 establish nonexistence of specified semiregular abelian actions, not unrestricted graph nonexistence.) - Prime-Power Cyclotomic & Residual Convolution Obstructions for Two-Orbit Actions (Section 4): For general non-constant character multiplicities, we prove the Prime-Power Cyclotomic Multiplicity Law (Theorem 4.1): if a character $\chi$ of prime-power order $p^a$ has $m_\chi \in \{0, m\}$ ($\sigma \in \{s, r\}$), then $Q \equiv \sigma I_m \pmod p$, $k \equiv \sigma \pmod p$, and $-n/p^a \le \sigma \le n/p^a - 1$. Filtering all 547 open primary parameter pairs in [1] ($v \le 110$) yields 374 even-order $t \ne \mu$ pairs with a valid symmetric $2 \times 2$ quotient matrix $Q$; Corollary 4.2 proves that 73 of these 374 pairs (146 DSRGs) are eliminated across all abelian groups of order $v/2$ by Theorem 4.1 alone (while $\mathrm{DSRG}(64, 22, 18, 10, 6)$ is one of the 301 surviving pairs). In Theorem 4.3, we also give an independent group-ring residual-convolution and parity proof ruling out two-orbit abelian realizations of $\mathrm{DSRG}(40, 9, 6, 5, 1)$ and its complement $\mathrm{DSRG}(40, 30, 27, 21, 27)$ (whose unrestricted nonexistence was established in our Paper 1 [3, Table 2, family 4]).
- Constructive Resolution of Open $\mathrm{DSRG}(64, 22, 18, 10, 6)$ and $\mathrm{DSRG}(64, 41, 37, 24, 30)$ (Section 5): Guided by the unique surviving $8 \times 8$ quotient of Theorem 3.3, we construct $\mathrm{DSRG}(64, 22, 18, 10, 6)$ and its complement $\mathrm{DSRG}(64, 41, 37, 24, 30)$ over $G = \mathbb{Z}_4 \times \mathbb{Z}_8$ using a Coordinate-Cross / Rook's graph diagonal and a Wrap-Around Difference Pair $B_{01} = \{0, 1, 2\}, B_{10} = \{0, 3, 6\} \subset \mathbb{Z}_8$ satisfying $B_{01} * B_{10} = \mathbf{1}_{\mathbb{Z}_8} + e_0$. In Proposition 5.3, we derive the exact parametric Coordinate-Cross balance equations over $H \times \mathbb{Z}_{a^2 - 1}$ and prove that $(a, h, n_K) = (3, 4, 8)$ is the unique non-trivial solution.
2. Spectral-Shift Hyperplane Duality for $t \ne \mu$ DSRGs
Theorem 2.1 (Spectral-Shift Minimal Polynomial & Low-Rank Carriers)
Let $A \in \{0, 1\}^{v \times v}$ be the adjacency matrix of a $\mathrm{DSRG}(v, k, t, \lambda, \mu)$ with restricted integer eigenvalues $r > 0 > s$ ($t < k$, $t \ne \mu$), spectral gap $d = r - s$, and multiplicities $f, g$. For each $\sigma \in \{r, s\}$, let $\tau \in \{r, s\} \setminus \{\sigma\}$ be the complementary restricted eigenvalue, and define the spectral-shift matrix: $$M_\sigma := A - \sigma I_v \in \{0, 1, -\sigma\}^{v \times v}.$$ Then:
- $M_\sigma$ has diagonal entries equal to $-\sigma$, off-diagonal entries in $\{0, 1\}$, and uniform row and column sums $k_\sigma := k - \sigma > 0$: $$M_\sigma \mathbf{1}_v = k_\sigma \mathbf{1}_v, \qquad \mathbf{1}_v^T M_\sigma = k_\sigma \mathbf{1}_v^T.$$
- $M_r$ and $M_s$ satisfy the complementary outer-product identity and exact quadratic operator identities: $$M_r M_s = M_s M_r = \mu J_v,$$ $$M_\sigma^2 = (\tau - \sigma) M_\sigma + \mu J_v, \qquad \text{i.e.,} \qquad M_r^2 + d M_r = \mu J_v \quad \text{and} \quad M_s^2 - d M_s = \mu J_v.$$
- Since $\tau - \sigma = \mp d \ne 0$ and $k_\sigma = k - \sigma > 0$, $\operatorname{rank}(M_\sigma)$ equals the algebraic multiplicity of its non-zero eigenvalues: $$n_r := \operatorname{rank}(M_r) = g + 1, \qquad n_s := \operatorname{rank}(M_s) = f + 1.$$
Proof. Since $A \in \{0, 1\}^{v \times v}$ has zero diagonal, $M_\sigma = A - \sigma I_v$ has diagonal entries $-\sigma$ and off-diagonal entries $A_{ij} \in \{0, 1\}$, so $M_\sigma \in \{0, 1, -\sigma\}^{v \times v}$. Subtracting $\sigma I_v$ from $A \mathbf{1}_v = k \mathbf{1}_v$ and $\mathbf{1}_v^T A = k \mathbf{1}_v^T$ gives $M_\sigma \mathbf{1}_v = (k - \sigma) \mathbf{1}_v$ and $\mathbf{1}_v^T M_\sigma = (k - \sigma) \mathbf{1}_v^T$, with $k - \sigma > 0$ since $k > r > s$. Expanding $(A - r I_v)(A - s I_v) = A^2 - (\lambda - \mu) A - (t - \mu) I_v = \mu J_v$ gives $M_r M_s = M_s M_r = \mu J_v$, and substituting $M_\tau = M_\sigma - (\tau - \sigma) I_v$ yields $M_\sigma^2 = (\tau - \sigma) M_\sigma + \mu J_v$. Diagonalizability of $A$ over $\mathbb{C}$ [2] implies $\operatorname{rank}(M_r) = g + 1$ and $\operatorname{rank}(M_s) = f + 1$. $\square$
Theorem 2.2 (Spectral-Shift Column-Basis Hyperplane Duality)
Let $A$ be a $\mathrm{DSRG}(v, k, t, \lambda, \mu)$ with restricted integer eigenvalues $r > 0 > s$. Fix either $\sigma \in \{r, s\}$, let $\tau \in \{r, s\} \setminus \{\sigma\}$, and let $n_\sigma := \operatorname{rank}(M_\sigma) \in \{g + 1, f + 1\}$. Choose any index set $\mathcal{J} \subset \{1, \dots, v\}$ of $n_\sigma$ linearly independent columns of $M_\sigma = A - \sigma I_v$, and form the column-basis matrix: $$Z := M_\sigma[:, \mathcal{J}] \in \{0, 1, -\sigma\}^{v \times n_\sigma}.$$ (Specifically, $Z \in \{0, 1, -r\}^{v \times (g + 1)}$ when $\sigma = r > 0$, and $Z \in \{0, 1, |s|\}^{v \times (f + 1)}$ when $\sigma = s < 0$.)
Then there exist unique positive integers $D \ge 1$ and $L \ge 1$, a unique integer dual matrix $B \in \mathbb{Z}^{v \times n_\sigma}$ with $\gcd(D, \gcd_{i, j}(B_{ij})) = 1$, and a unique integer hyperplane vector $\alpha \in \mathbb{Z}^{n_\sigma}$ with $\gcd(L, \gcd_j(\alpha_j)) = 1$ such that:
- Exact Outer-Product Factorization: $$D M_\sigma = Z B^T \qquad \Longleftrightarrow \qquad D(A - \sigma I_v) = Z B^T.$$
- Dual Hyperplane & Uniform Column-Weight Identities: $$Z \alpha = L \mathbf{1}_v, \qquad Z^T \mathbf{1}_v = k_\sigma \mathbf{1}_{n_\sigma}, \qquad B \mathbf{1}_{n_\sigma} = D \mathbf{1}_v, \qquad L B^T \mathbf{1}_v = D k_\sigma \alpha.$$
- Rank-$n_\sigma$ Compressed Operator Equation: $$L Z^T B = D L (\tau - \sigma) I_{n_\sigma} + D \mu \mathbf{1}_{n_\sigma} \alpha^T.$$
Proof. By definition of $\mathcal{J}$, the $n_\sigma$ columns of $Z = M_\sigma[:, \mathcal{J}]$ form a basis of $\operatorname{colspace}(M_\sigma)$ over $\mathbb{Q}$, and every entry of $Z$ is an entry of $M_\sigma$, hence lies in $\{0, 1, -\sigma\}$. Since every column of $M_\sigma$ is a $\mathbb{Q}$-linear combination of the columns of $Z$, there exists a unique rational matrix $\tilde{B} \in \mathbb{Q}^{v \times n_\sigma}$ such that $M_\sigma = Z \tilde{B}^T$. Clearing denominators by taking $D \ge 1$ to be the least common multiple of the reduced denominators of all entries of $\tilde{B}$ produces the unique integer matrix $B = D \tilde{B} \in \mathbb{Z}^{v \times n_\sigma}$ with $\gcd(D, B) = 1$ satisfying $D M_\sigma = Z B^T$.
For (2), since $M_\sigma \mathbf{1}_v = k_\sigma \mathbf{1}_v$ with $k_\sigma = k - \sigma > 0$, we have $\mathbf{1}_v = \frac{1}{k_\sigma} M_\sigma \mathbf{1}_v \in \operatorname{colspace}(M_\sigma) = \operatorname{colspace}(Z)$. Because $Z$ has full column rank $n_\sigma$, there is a unique rational vector $\tilde{\alpha} \in \mathbb{Q}^{n_\sigma}$ such that $Z \tilde{\alpha} = \mathbf{1}_v$. Clearing denominators via the least common multiple $L \ge 1$ of the reduced denominators of $\tilde{\alpha}$ yields the unique integer vector $\alpha = L \tilde{\alpha} \in \mathbb{Z}^{n_\sigma}$ with $\gcd(L, \alpha) = 1$ satisfying $Z \alpha = L \mathbf{1}_v$. Moreover, because every column of $M_\sigma$ has sum $\mathbf{1}_v^T M_\sigma[:, j] = k_\sigma$, the selected columns $Z = M_\sigma[:, \mathcal{J}]$ automatically satisfy $Z^T \mathbf{1}_v = k_\sigma \mathbf{1}_{n_\sigma}$.
Using $D M_\sigma = Z B^T$, we have $Z B^T \mathbf{1}_v = D M_\sigma \mathbf{1}_v = D k_\sigma \mathbf{1}_v = \frac{D k_\sigma}{L} Z \alpha$. Since $Z$ has full column rank $n_\sigma$, left-cancellation of $Z$ gives $L B^T \mathbf{1}_v = D k_\sigma \alpha$. Similarly, for every column $j \in \{1, \dots, v\}$, $M_\sigma[:, j] = \sum_{u=1}^{n_\sigma} \tilde{B}_{j, u} Z[:, u]$. Multiplying on the left by $\mathbf{1}_v^T$ gives $k_\sigma = \sum_{u=1}^{n_\sigma} \tilde{B}_{j, u} k_\sigma = k_\sigma (\tilde{B} \mathbf{1}_{n_\sigma})_j$. Dividing by $k_\sigma > 0$ gives $\tilde{B} \mathbf{1}_{n_\sigma} = \mathbf{1}_v$, so $B \mathbf{1}_{n_\sigma} = D \mathbf{1}_v$.
For (3), substitute $M_\sigma = \frac{1}{D} Z B^T$ and $J_v = \mathbf{1}_v \mathbf{1}_v^T = \frac{1}{L} Z \alpha \mathbf{1}_v^T$ into the quadratic identity $M_\sigma^2 = (\tau - \sigma) M_\sigma + \mu J_v$ of Theorem 2.1: $$\frac{1}{D^2} Z (B^T Z) B^T = \frac{\tau - \sigma}{D} Z B^T + \frac{\mu}{L} Z \alpha \mathbf{1}_v^T.$$ Left-cancelling the full-column-rank matrix $Z$ and taking transposes gives: $$\frac{1}{D^2} B (Z^T B) = \frac{\tau - \sigma}{D} B + \frac{\mu}{L} \mathbf{1}_v \alpha^T = B \left( \frac{\tau - \sigma}{D} I_{n_\sigma} + \frac{\mu}{D L} \mathbf{1}_{n_\sigma} \alpha^T \right),$$ where we used $\mathbf{1}_v = \frac{1}{D} B \mathbf{1}_{n_\sigma}$. Left-cancelling the full-column-rank matrix $B$ and multiplying by $D^2 L$ yields $L Z^T B = D L (\tau - \sigma) I_{n_\sigma} + D \mu \mathbf{1}_{n_\sigma} \alpha^T$. $\square$
Proposition 2.3 (Exhaustive Binary-Span Dichotomy on Shifted Carriers)
For any spectral-shift matrix $M_\sigma$ of rank $n_\sigma$ with pivot row index set $\mathcal{I}$ ($|\mathcal{I}| = n_\sigma$), every binary vector $u \in \operatorname{colspace}(M_\sigma) \cap \{0, 1\}^v$ is uniquely determined by its binary restriction $u|_{\mathcal{I}} \in \{0, 1\}^{n_\sigma}$ via $u = Z P^{-1} u|_{\mathcal{I}}$ (where $P = Z[\mathcal{I}, :]$). Exhaustive enumeration across all $2^{n_s} - 1$ non-zero binary restrictions $u|_{\mathcal{I}} \in \{0, 1\}^{n_s} \setminus \{\mathbf{0}\}$ at $\sigma = s = -2$ (Part 3 of supplement_paper3/verify_all.py) establishes:
- On the reference graph $\mathrm{DSRG}(36, 16, 14, 8, 6)$ constructed in
verify_all.py($r = 4, s = -2, n_s = f + 1 = 10$), $\operatorname{colspace}(A + 2 I_{36}) \cap \{0, 1\}^{36}$ contains exactly $9$ non-zero binary vectors (out of $2^{10} - 1 = 1023$ candidates), and their rational linear span has dimension $4 < 10$ (strict rank defect $6$). - On our newly constructed $\mathrm{DSRG}(64, 22, 18, 10, 6)$ ($r = 6, s = -2, n_s = f + 1 = 14$), $\operatorname{colspace}(A + 2 I_{64}) \cap \{0, 1\}^{64}$ contains $99$ non-zero binary vectors (out of $2^{14} - 1 = 16383$ candidates), and their rational linear span has dimension $14 = n_s$ (zero rank defect; binary vectors span the entire shifted carrier).
| Graph Parameters | Shift $\sigma$ | Rank $n_\sigma$ | Basis Alphabet $Z_{ij}$ | $D$ | $L$ | Dual Range $B_{ij}$ | Binary Vectors in $\operatorname{colspace}(M_s)$ | Binary Span Rank | | :--- | :---: | :---: | :---: | :---: | :---: | :---: | :---: | :---: | | $\mathrm{DSRG}(36, 16, 14, 8, 6)$ | $\sigma = s = -2$ | $f + 1 = 10$ | $\{0, 1, 2\}$ | $1$ | $1$ | $\{-2, \dots, 2\}$ | $9$ non-zero | $4 / 10$ (defect $6$) | | $\mathrm{DSRG}(36, 16, 14, 8, 6)$ | $\sigma = r = +4$ | $g + 1 = 27$ | $\{-4, 0, 1\}$ | $1$ | $6$ | $\{-1, 0, 1\}$ | — | — | | $\mathrm{DSRG}(64, 22, 18, 10, 6)$ | $\sigma = s = -2$ | $f + 1 = 14$ | $\{0, 1, 2\}$ | $1$ | $3$ | $\{-1, \dots, 3\}$ | $99$ non-zero | $14 / 14$ (defect $0$) | | $\mathrm{DSRG}(64, 22, 18, 10, 6)$ | $\sigma = r = +6$ | $g + 1 = 51$ | $\{-6, 0, 1\}$ | $2$ | $4$ | $\{-5, \dots, 3\}$ | — | — |
Remark (Geometric mechanism of the dichotomy). Proposition 2.3 demonstrates that when $t \ne \mu$, binary vectors in $\operatorname{colspace}(M_s)$ may fail to span the carrier (as on $v = 36$, where off-diagonal group-ring blocks over $\mathbb{Z}_3 \times \mathbb{Z}_6$ carry order-$3$ character phases that project out binary incidence vectors), whereas when the group-ring blocks decompose into products of full subgroup flats and wrap-around intervals over $\mathbb{Z}_4 \times \mathbb{Z}_8$ (as on $v = 64$), the carrier admits a full-rank binary basis. By contrast, the three-valued column basis $Z \in \{0, 1, -\sigma\}^{v \times n_\sigma}$ of Theorem 2.2 is unconditionally guaranteed to have full rank $n_\sigma$ for every DSRG and every shift $\sigma \in \{r, s\}$.
3. Coclique-Orbit Trace Law, Rank-1 Fourier Minors, and the 45-Case Catalog Dichotomy
Suppose an abelian group $G$ of order $n$ acts semiregularly on a $\mathrm{DSRG}(v, k, t, \lambda, \mu)$ with $m = v / n$ orbits $V_0, \dots, V_{m-1}$ (the partial-sum-family / $m$-Cayley framework of Martínez [5, Definition 3.1]). Identifying each orbit with $G$, the adjacency matrix $A$ is an $m \times m$ block matrix of group-ring elements $S_{ij} \in \{0, 1\}[G]$ (with $e_0 \notin S_{ii}$): $$A = \big( S_{ij} \big)_{0 \le i, j < m}, \qquad Q_{ij} := |S_{ij}|.$$ The equitable quotient matrix $Q = (Q_{ij}) \in \mathbb{Z}_{\ge 0}^{m \times m}$ satisfies $Q \mathbf{1}_m = k \mathbf{1}_m$, $\mathbf{1}_m^T Q = k \mathbf{1}_m^T$, and: $$Q^2 = (\lambda - \mu) Q + (t - \mu) I_m + \mu n J_m.$$ For each character $\chi \in \hat{G}$, the Fourier transform $\hat{A}(\chi) = (\hat{S}_{ij}(\chi))_{0 \le i, j < m} \in \mathbb{C}^{m \times m}$ satisfies:
- For $\chi = 1_G$: $\hat{A}(1_G) = Q$, which has simple eigenvalue $k$ and $m - 1$ eigenvalues in $\{r, s\}$ ($m_1$ equal to $r$, and $m - 1 - m_1$ equal to $s$).
- For every non-trivial character $\chi \in \hat{G} \setminus \{1_G\}$: $\hat{A}(\chi)^2 = (\lambda - \mu) \hat{A}(\chi) + (t - \mu) I_m$, so $\hat{A}(\chi)$ is diagonalizable with $m_\chi \in \{0, 1, \dots, m\}$ eigenvalues equal to $r$ and $m - m_\chi$ eigenvalues equal to $s$.
Theorem 3.1 (Coclique-Orbit Trace Law & Rank-1 Fourier Minor Principle)
Suppose the $m$ orbits of $G$ are cocliques (i.e., $Q_{ii} = 0$ and $S_{ii} = \emptyset$ for all $0 \le i < m$, so $\operatorname{Tr}(Q) = 0$). Then:
- Unconditional Constant Multiplicity (cf. Martínez [5, Lemma 5.1]): For every non-trivial character $\chi \in \hat{G} \setminus \{1_G\}$, the multiplicity $m_\chi$ of $r$ in $\hat{A}(\chi)$ is strictly constant: $$m_\chi = \frac{m |s|}{r - s} \qquad (\forall \chi \in \hat{G} \setminus \{1_G\}),$$ and the quotient multiplicity $m_1 \in \{0, 1, \dots, m - 1\}$ of $r$ in $Q$ is uniquely determined by $\operatorname{Tr}(Q) = k + m_1 r + (m - 1 - m_1) s = 0$: $$m_1 = \frac{(m - 1) |s| - k}{r - s}, \qquad f = m_1 + (n - 1) m_\chi, \qquad g = (m - 1 - m_1) + (n - 1)(m - m_\chi).$$
- Rank-1 Fourier Minor Vanishing: In particular, when $r \mid |s|$ and $m = 1 + \frac{|s|}{r}$ (so $m_\chi = m - 1$ for all $\chi \ne 1_G$), the shifted Fourier matrix $$M(\chi) := \hat{A}(\chi) - r I_m$$ has rank exactly $1$ for every $\chi \in \hat{G} \setminus \{1_G\}$. Consequently, every $2 \times 2$ minor of $M(\chi)$ vanishes identically across all $\chi \ne 1_G$, lifting in the integral group ring $\mathbb{Z}[G]$ to the exact convolution equations: $$S_{ij} * S_{ji} = r^2 e_0 + c_{ij} \mathbf{1}_G \quad (\forall i \ne j), \qquad S_{ji} * S_{iw} + r S_{jw} = c_{ijw} \mathbf{1}_G \quad (\forall \text{ distinct } i, j, w),$$ where $c_{ij} = \frac{Q_{ij} Q_{ji} - r^2}{n} \in \mathbb{Z}_{\ge 0}$ and $c_{ijw} = \frac{Q_{ji} Q_{iw} + r Q_{jw}}{n} \in \mathbb{Z}_{\ge 0}$.
Proof.
- Since $Q_{ii} = 0$ and $S_{ii} \subset G$ has non-negative coefficients, $S_{ii} = \emptyset$ for all $i$. Thus for every $\chi \in \hat{G}$, $\hat{S}_{ii}(\chi) = 0$ and $\operatorname{Tr}(\hat{A}(\chi)) = 0$. For $\chi \ne 1_G$, equating $\operatorname{Tr}(\hat{A}(\chi)) = m_\chi r + (m - m_\chi) s = 0$ gives $m_\chi (r - s) = -m s = m |s|$, so $m_\chi = \frac{m |s|}{r - s}$. For $\chi = 1_G$, $\operatorname{Tr}(Q) = k + m_1 r + (m - 1 - m_1) s = 0$ gives $m_1 (r - s) = -(m - 1) s - k = (m - 1)|s| - k$.
- When $m = 1 + |s|/r = \frac{r - s}{r}$, substituting into (1) gives $m_\chi = \frac{|s|}{r} = m - 1$ for every $\chi \ne 1_G$. Hence $M(\chi) = \hat{A}(\chi) - r I_m$ is diagonalizable with eigenvalue $0$ (multiplicity $m - 1$) and eigenvalue $s - r = -d \ne 0$ (multiplicity $1$), so $\operatorname{rank}(M(\chi)) = 1$ for all $\chi \ne 1_G$. Because $[M(\chi)]_{ii} = -r$ and $[M(\chi)]_{ij} = \hat{S}_{ij}(\chi)$ ($i \ne j$), every $2 \times 2$ minor using row $i$ and column $i$ vanishes for all $\chi \ne 1_G$: $$\det \begin{pmatrix} -r & \hat{S}_{ij}(\chi) \\ \hat{S}_{ji}(\chi) & -r \end{pmatrix} = r^2 - \hat{S}_{ij}(\chi) \hat{S}_{ji}(\chi) = 0, \qquad \det \begin{pmatrix} -r & \hat{S}_{iw}(\chi) \\ \hat{S}_{ji}(\chi) & \hat{S}_{jw}(\chi) \end{pmatrix} = -r \hat{S}_{jw}(\chi) - \hat{S}_{ji}(\chi) \hat{S}_{iw}(\chi) = 0.$$ By Fourier inversion in $\mathbb{Z}[G]$, an element whose Fourier transform vanishes at all $\chi \ne 1_G$ is a scalar multiple of $\mathbf{1}_G$. Thus $S_{ij} * S_{ji} - r^2 e_0 = c_{ij} \mathbf{1}_G$ and $S_{ji} * S_{iw} + r S_{jw} = c_{ijw} \mathbf{1}_G$. Applying the augmentation map gives $Q_{ij} Q_{ji} - r^2 = c_{ij} n$ and $Q_{ji} Q_{iw} + r Q_{jw} = c_{ijw} n$. $\square$
Theorem 3.2 (Local Coclique-Orbit Schur-Complement Divisibility & Bounding Law)
Under the hypotheses of Theorem 3.1(2) ($m = 1 + |s|/r$, $n = v/m$, $\operatorname{Tr}(Q) = 0$), the equitable quotient matrix $Q \in \{0, 1, \dots, n\}^{m \times m}$ must satisfy for all distinct $i, j, w \in \{0, \dots, m - 1\}$:
- Principal Minor Congruence & Intersection Bound: $$Q_{ij} Q_{ji} \equiv r^2 \pmod n, \qquad 0 \le c_{ij} := \frac{Q_{ij} Q_{ji} - r^2}{n} \le \min(Q_{ij}, Q_{ji}) - r^2.$$
- Off-Diagonal Cross-Minor Congruence & Support Bound: $$Q_{ji} Q_{iw} + r Q_{jw} \equiv 0 \pmod n, \qquad r \cdot \mathbf{1}_{Q_{jw} > 0} \le c_{ijw} := \frac{Q_{ji} Q_{iw} + r Q_{jw}}{n} \le \min(Q_{ji}, Q_{iw}) + r \cdot \mathbf{1}_{Q_{jw} = n}.$$
- Global Row/Column & Diagonal Equations: $$\sum_{j \ne i} Q_{ij} = \sum_{j \ne i} Q_{ji} = k, \qquad \sum_{j \ne i} Q_{ij} Q_{ji} = t - \mu + \mu n.$$
Proof. In $S_{ij} * S_{ji} = r^2 e_0 + c_{ij} \mathbf{1}_G$, the coefficient of $e_0$ is $r^2 + c_{ij} = |S_{ij} \cap (-S_{ji})| \le \min(Q_{ij}, Q_{ji})$, and for $g \ne 0$ the coefficient is $c_{ij} = |S_{ij} \cap (g - S_{ji})| \ge 0$. In $S_{ji} * S_{iw} + r S_{jw} = c_{ijw} \mathbf{1}_G$, for each $g \in G$ the coefficient of $e_g$ is $|S_{ji} \cap (g - S_{iw})| + r \cdot \mathbf{1}_{g \in S_{jw}} = c_{ijw}$, which is $\ge r$ if $Q_{jw} > 0$ (choosing $g \in S_{jw}$) and $\le \min(Q_{ji}, Q_{iw})$ if $Q_{jw} < n$ (choosing $g \notin S_{jw}$). Finally, $(Q^2)_{ii} = \sum_{j \ne i} Q_{ij} Q_{ji} = t - \mu + \mu n$ from $Q^2 = (\lambda - \mu) Q + (t - \mu) I_m + \mu n J_m$ with $Q_{ii} = 0$. $\square$
Theorem 3.3 (Global Quotient Uniqueness, Cross-Minor Closure, and Subgroup Projection Laws)
Let $(v, k, t, \lambda, \mu)$ satisfy the hypotheses of Theorem 3.2, and let $\mathcal{M}$ be the set of off-diagonal row/column pair multisets $\{(Q_{ij}, Q_{ji})\}_{j \ne i}$ satisfying Theorem 3.2(1)–(3). Then any coclique-orbit abelian realization must also satisfy:
- Fixed-Point Cross-Minor Value Closure: Since every orbit $i \in \{0, \dots, m - 1\}$ has its off-diagonal pair multiset in $\mathcal{M}$, every off-diagonal entry $Q_{jw}$ of $Q$ must belong to the value alphabet $\mathcal{V}(\mathcal{M}) := \{a : (a, b) \in \mathsf{M} \text{ for some } \mathsf{M} \in \mathcal{M}\}$. In particular, for every $\mathsf{M} \in \mathcal{M}$ and every pair of distinct indices $j, w$ in $\mathsf{M}$, there must exist $q_{jw} \in \mathcal{V}(\{\mathsf{M}\})$ satisfying Theorem 3.2(2).
- Rank-1 Quotient Uniqueness at $r = 1$: Suppose $r = 1$ and every pair $(a, b)$ in $\mathsf{M} \in \mathcal{M}$ satisfies $1 \le a, b \le n - 1$. Then for any fixed orbit $0$ and any distinct $j, w \in \{1, \dots, m - 1\}$, the congruence $Q_{j0} Q_{0w} + Q_{jw} \equiv 0 \pmod n$ and bound $1 \le Q_{jw} \le n - 1$ uniquely determine every off-diagonal entry of $Q$: $$Q_{jw} = (-Q_{j0} Q_{0w}) \bmod n \qquad (\forall 1 \le j \ne w < m).$$ Consequently, up to simultaneous permutation of orbits $\{1, \dots, m - 1\}$, $\mathsf{M}$ determines a unique $m \times m$ matrix $Q$, which must satisfy the full quadratic matrix identity $Q^2 = (\lambda - \mu) Q + (t - \mu) I_m + \mu n J_m$.
- Subgroup Quotient Convolution Law: For any subgroup $K \le G$ of order $|K| = \kappa$ with quotient group $H = G / K$ of order $h = n / \kappa$, let $C_{ij} = (c_u^{(ij)})_{u \in H} \in \{0, 1, \dots, \kappa\}[H]$ be the fiber-size projection $c_u^{(ij)} := |S_{ij} \cap (u + K)|$ with $\sum_{u \in H} c_u^{(ij)} = Q_{ij}$. Then projecting Theorem 3.1(2) onto $\mathbb{Z}[H]$ forces: $$C_{ij} * C_{ji} = r^2 e_0 + (c_{ij} \kappa) \mathbf{1}_H \quad \text{in } \mathbb{Z}[H].$$
Proof. (1) is immediate because row $i$ of $Q$ uses only entries from its own pair multiset $\mathsf{M}_i$. For (2), when $r = 1$ and $1 \le Q_{jw} \le n - 1$, each residue class modulo $n$ (other than $0 \bmod n$) has a unique representative in $\{1, \dots, n - 1\}$; thus $Q_{jw} \equiv -Q_{j0} Q_{0w} \pmod n$ fixes $Q_{jw}$ uniquely as an integer, and permuting $\{1, \dots, m - 1\}$ simply conjugates $Q$ by a permutation matrix $P$, preserving $Q^2 - (\lambda - \mu) Q - (t - \mu) I_m - \mu n J_m = 0$. For (3), applying the canonical ring homomorphism $\pi_H : \mathbb{Z}[G] \to \mathbb{Z}[H]$ (which maps $e_0 \mapsto e_0$ and $\mathbf{1}_G \mapsto |K| \mathbf{1}_H = \kappa \mathbf{1}_H$) to $S_{ij} * S_{ji} = r^2 e_0 + c_{ij} \mathbf{1}_G$ yields $C_{ij} * C_{ji} = r^2 e_0 + (c_{ij} \kappa) \mathbf{1}_H$. $\square$
Complete 45-Case Catalog Dichotomy (Verified in Part 4 of supplement_paper3/verify_all.py)
Filtering all 1,094 open DSRG parameter sets in Hobart and Brouwer's catalog [1] ($v \le 110$, stored in supplement_paper3/open_catalog_v110.json) by the exact arithmetic definition of the coclique-orbit rank-1 regime:
$$t \ne \mu, \quad r \mid |s|, \quad m = 1 + \frac{|s|}{r} \ge 3, \quad m \mid v \;\;(n = v/m), \quad m_1 = \frac{(m - 1)|s| - k}{r - s} \in \{0, 1, \dots, m - 1\},$$
yields exactly 45 open catalog parameter sets. Executing the four-stage verification in Part 4 of supplement_paper3/verify_all.py (0.049s) establishes:
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Stage 1 (Local Row-Pair & Cross-Minor Row-Sum Bounds, Theorem 3.2): 39 of the 45 open parameter sets have $\mathcal{M} = \emptyset$ (zero local row-pair multisets):
- $v = 30$: $(30, 11, 9, 2, 5)$
- $v = 36$: $(36, 19, 17, 8, 12)$
- $v = 48$: $(48, 9, 5, 0, 2)$, $(48, 19, 14, 5, 9)$, $(48, 25, 20, 11, 15)$
- $v = 49$: $(49, 29, 26, 15, 20)$, $(49, 22, 18, 7, 12)$
- $v = 50$: $(50, 11, 7, 0, 3)$
- $v = 60$: $(60, 16, 9, 2, 5)$
- $v = 64$: $(64, 33, 27, 14, 20)$
- $v = 70$: $(70, 29, 20, 9, 14)$, $(70, 36, 27, 16, 21)$
- $v = 72$: $(72, 25, 15, 6, 10)$
- $v = 75$: $(75, 16, 8, 1, 4)$
- $v = 80$: $(80, 33, 23, 10, 16)$, $(80, 41, 31, 18, 24)$
- $v = 81$: $(81, 55, 50, 35, 42)$, $(81, 46, 38, 23, 30)$
- $v = 84$: $(84, 22, 13, 2, 7)$
- $v = 90$: $(90, 25, 13, 4, 8)$, $(90, 37, 26, 11, 18)$, $(90, 46, 35, 20, 27)$
- $v = 96$: $(96, 25, 15, 2, 8)$, $(96, 41, 27, 14, 20)$, $(96, 49, 35, 22, 28)$
- $v = 98$: $(98, 22, 12, 1, 6)$, $(98, 29, 16, 5, 10)$, $(98, 36, 21, 10, 15)$
- $v = 100$: $(100, 16, 7, 0, 3)$, $(100, 71, 65, 48, 56)$, $(100, 61, 51, 34, 42)$, $(100, 51, 39, 22, 30)$
- $v = 105$: $(105, 36, 20, 9, 14)$
- $v = 108$: $(108, 19, 9, 0, 4)$, $(108, 28, 17, 2, 9)$, $(108, 73, 67, 46, 56)$, $(108, 37, 23, 8, 15)$, $(108, 64, 50, 35, 42)$
- $v = 110$: $(110, 56, 43, 24, 33)$
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Stages 2–4 (Global Quotient Closure, Uniqueness, and Subgroup Projection, Theorem 3.3) on the 6 Stage-1 Row-Pair Survivors:
| Stage-1 Survivor $(v, k, t, \lambda, \mu)$ | Spectrum & Orbits $(r, s, m, n, m_1)$ | Stage-1 Surviving Row-Pair Multiset(s) | Global Resolution (Theorem 3.3) | | :--- | :---: | :---: | :--- | | $(54, 19, 13, 4, 8)$ | $r=1, s=-5, m=6, n=9, m_1=1$ | $((1,1), (2,5), (4,7), (5,2), (7,4))$ (and 2 others) | Eliminated (Thm 3.3(2)): Unique $Q$ has $(Q^2 + 4Q)_{0,1} = 86 \ne 72$ | | $(64, 41, 37, 24, 30)$ | $r=1, s=-7, m=8, n=8, m_1=1$ | $((5, 5)^4, (7, 7)^3)$ | EXISTS (Thm 5.2): Unique $Q$ satisfies $Q^2 + 6Q - 7I_8 = 240 J_8$; realized over $\mathbb{Z}_4 \times \mathbb{Z}_8$ | | $(64, 25, 19, 6, 12)$ | $r=1, s=-7, m=8, n=8, m_1=3$ | $((1,1), (3,3)^3, (5,5)^3)$ | Eliminated (Thm 3.3(1)): $Q_{j0}=Q_{0w}=3 \implies Q_{jw} \equiv -9 \equiv 7 \pmod 8$, but $7 \notin \{1, 3, 5\}$ | | $(81, 37, 28, 13, 20)$ | $r=1, s=-8, m=9, n=9, m_1=3$ | $((2,5)^3, (5,2)^3, (8,8)^2)$ | Eliminated (Thm 3.3(2)): Unique $Q$ has $(Q^2 + 7Q)_{0,1} = 139 \ne 180$ | | $(100, 32, 28, 6, 12)$ | $r=2, s=-8, m=5, n=20, m_1=0$ | $((8, 8)^4)$ | Eliminated (Thm 3.3(3)): Projection onto $H_4 = G / \mathbb{Z}_5$ requires $C * D = 4 e_0 + 15 \mathbf{1}_{H_4}$, which has $0$ solutions in $\{0..5\}^4$ ($\sum c_u = 8$) over $\mathbb{Z}_4$ and $\mathbb{Z}_2^2$ | | $(100, 41, 29, 12, 20)$ | $r=1, s=-9, m=10, n=10, m_1=4$ | $((1,1)^2, (3,7)^3, (7,3)^3, (9,9))$ | Eliminated (Thm 3.3(2)): Unique $Q$ has $(Q^2 + 8Q)_{0,3} = 116 \ne 200$ |
Thus 44 of the 45 open parameter sets in the coclique-orbit rank-1 regime are completely obstructed, and the sole surviving parameter set out of all 45 — $\mathrm{DSRG}(64, 41, 37, 24, 30)$ — is explicitly constructed in Section 5!
4. Prime-Power Cyclotomic & Residual Convolution Obstructions for Two-Orbit Actions
To analyze two-orbit abelian actions ($m = 2, n = v/2$) where the non-trivial character multiplicities $m_\chi \in \{0, 1, 2\}$ are not forced to be constant by a zero trace, we establish an exact cyclotomic divisibility law on prime-power characters.
Theorem 4.1 (Prime-Power Cyclotomic Multiplicity Law)
Let $A$ be a $\mathrm{DSRG}(v, k, t, \lambda, \mu)$ admitting a semiregular abelian group $G$ of order $n = v/m$ with $m$ orbits and quotient matrix $Q = (Q_{ij})_{0 \le i, j < m}$. Let $\chi \in \hat{G}$ be any character of prime-power order $o(\chi) = p^a$ ($p$ prime, $a \ge 1$). If $m_\chi = 0$ (so $\sigma := s$) or $m_\chi = m$ (so $\sigma := r$), then the quotient matrix $Q$ and parameters $(n, k, \sigma)$ must satisfy: $$Q \equiv \sigma I_m \pmod p, \qquad k \equiv \sigma \pmod p, \qquad -\frac{n}{p^a} \le \sigma \le \frac{n}{p^a} - 1.$$
Proof. Since $\hat{A}(\chi) \in \mathbb{C}^{m \times m}$ is diagonalizable with eigenvalues $r$ (multiplicity $m_\chi$) and $s$ (multiplicity $m - m_\chi$), having $m_\chi = 0$ or $m_\chi = m$ implies $\hat{A}(\chi) = \sigma I_m$, so $\hat{S}_{ij}(\chi) = \sigma \delta_{ij}$. Since $o(\chi) = p^a$, $G / \ker(\chi) \cong \mathbb{Z}_{p^a}$ with $|\ker(\chi)| = n / p^a$. Projecting $S_{ij} \subset G$ onto $\mathbb{Z}_{p^a}$ defines the integer polynomial $P_{ij}(x) = \sum_{u = 0}^{p^a - 1} c_u^{(ij)} x^u \in \mathbb{Z}[x]$ with $0 \le c_u^{(ij)} \le n / p^a$ (and $0 \le c_0^{(ii)} \le n / p^a - 1$ since $e_0 \notin S_{ii}$) satisfying $P_{ij}(\zeta_{p^a}) = \sigma \delta_{ij}$. By Gauss's Lemma, the monic cyclotomic polynomial $\Phi_{p^a}(x) = \sum_{\ell = 0}^{p - 1} x^{\ell p^{a - 1}}$ divides $P_{ij}(x) - \sigma \delta_{ij}$ in $\mathbb{Z}[x]$: $$P_{ij}(x) - \sigma \delta_{ij} = \left( \sum_{w = 0}^{p^{a - 1} - 1} b_w x^w \right) \Phi_{p^a}(x) \qquad (b_w \in \mathbb{Z}).$$ Evaluating at $x = 1$ gives $Q_{ij} - \sigma \delta_{ij} = P_{ij}(1) - \sigma \delta_{ij} \equiv 0 \pmod p$, so $Q \equiv \sigma I_m \pmod p$ and $k \equiv \sigma \pmod p$. Comparing coefficients of $x^0$ and $x^{p^{a - 1}}$ in $P_{ii}(x) - \sigma$ gives $c_0^{(ii)} - \sigma = b_0 = c_{p^{a - 1}}^{(ii)}$, whence $-\frac{n}{p^a} \le c_0^{(ii)} - c_{p^{a - 1}}^{(ii)} = \sigma \le \frac{n}{p^a} - 1$. $\square$
Corollary 4.2 (Catalog Audit of Open Two-Orbit Abelian Parameter Pairs: 73 Eliminated Pairs out of 374 $Q$-Feasible Pairs)
Among all 547 open primary parameter pairs in Hobart and Brouwer's catalog [1] ($v \le 110$, audited in supplement_paper3/open_catalog_v110.json), exactly 374 even-order pairs with $t \ne \mu$ admit at least one symmetric $2 \times 2$ integer quotient matrix $Q = \begin{pmatrix} q_{00} & q_{01} \\ q_{01} & q_{00} \end{pmatrix}$ satisfying $0 \le q_{00} \le n - 1$, $1 \le q_{01} \le n$ ($n = v/2$), $q_{00} + q_{01} = k$, $q_{00} - q_{01} = \tau_0 \in \{r, s\}$, and $q_{00}(q_{00} - (r + s)) + r s + q_{01}^2 = \mu n$.
For each of these 374 $Q$-feasible open primary pairs and every abelian group $G$ of order $n = v/2$, partitioning $\hat{G} \setminus \{1_G\}$ into rational Galois orbits $\mathcal{O}$ of size $\varphi(o(\chi))$ and applying the prime-power multiplicity restrictions of Theorem 4.1 to the subset-sum equation $\sum_{\mathcal{O}} m_{\mathcal{O}} |\mathcal{O}| = f - m_1$ (Part 5 of supplement_paper3/verify_all.py, 0.020s) proves:
- 301 of the 374 $Q$-feasible open primary pairs survive Theorem 4.1, including our newly resolved pair $\mathrm{DSRG}(64, 22, 18, 10, 6)$ (which has $Q = \begin{pmatrix} 10 & 12 \\ 12 & 10 \end{pmatrix}$, $\tau_0 = -2 = s$, $m_1 = 0$, and is explicitly realized over $G = \mathbb{Z}_4 \times \mathbb{Z}_8$ in Theorem 5.2).
- Exactly 73 of the 374 $Q$-feasible open primary pairs (146 DSRGs with complements) are completely obstructed across all abelian groups $G$ of order $v/2$ (zero valid character multiplicity partitions exist for any valid $Q$):
- $v = 28$ (1 pair): $(28, 6, 3, 2, 1)$
- $v = 30$ (1 pair): $(30, 11, 9, 2, 5)$
- $v = 44$ (1 pair): $(44, 12, 8, 1, 4)$
- $v = 50$ (6 pairs): $(50, 12, 9, 2, 3)$, $(50, 14, 7, 6, 3)$, $(50, 17, 12, 5, 6)$, $(50, 19, 10, 9, 6)$, $(50, 21, 14, 7, 10)$, $(50, 23, 16, 11, 10)$
- $v = 66$ (6 pairs): $(66, 10, 5, 4, 1)$, $(66, 17, 15, 2, 5)$, $(66, 19, 9, 4, 6)$, $(66, 23, 17, 4, 10)$, $(66, 25, 15, 10, 9)$, $(66, 27, 25, 12, 10)$
- $v = 70$ (12 pairs): $(70, 9, 3, 2, 1)$, $(70, 11, 5, 0, 2)$, $(70, 18, 12, 6, 4)$, $(70, 22, 20, 4, 8)$, $(70, 26, 20, 12, 8)$, $(70, 27, 12, 11, 10)$, $(70, 29, 20, 9, 14)$, $(70, 30, 24, 11, 14)$, $(70, 31, 19, 12, 15)$, $(70, 32, 26, 15, 14)$, $(70, 33, 21, 16, 15)$, $(70, 33, 24, 17, 14)$
- $v = 76$ (3 pairs): $(76, 17, 13, 6, 3)$, $(76, 18, 6, 5, 4)$, $(76, 20, 10, 3, 6)$
- $v = 84$ (1 pair): $(84, 20, 11, 10, 3)$
- $v = 90$ (2 pairs): $(90, 41, 24, 17, 20)$, $(90, 43, 26, 21, 20)$
- $v = 92$ (4 pairs): $(92, 21, 14, 7, 4)$, $(92, 22, 7, 6, 5)$, $(92, 24, 11, 4, 7)$, $(92, 25, 22, 3, 8)$
- $v = 98$ (20 pairs): $(98, 17, 15, 2, 3)$, $(98, 18, 15, 4, 3)$, $(98, 20, 9, 8, 3)$, $(98, 22, 12, 1, 6)$, $(98, 24, 18, 5, 6)$, $(98, 25, 18, 7, 6)$, $(98, 27, 12, 11, 6)$, $(98, 27, 17, 16, 4)$, $(98, 30, 20, 7, 10)$, $(98, 31, 22, 9, 10)$, $(98, 33, 20, 13, 10)$, $(98, 34, 16, 15, 10)$, $(98, 37, 25, 12, 15)$, $(98, 38, 27, 14, 15)$, $(98, 40, 25, 18, 15)$, $(98, 41, 21, 20, 15)$, $(98, 43, 27, 16, 21)$, $(98, 44, 31, 18, 21)$, $(98, 46, 33, 22, 21)$, $(98, 47, 31, 24, 21)$
- $v = 102$ (7 pairs): $(102, 16, 6, 5, 2)$, $(102, 29, 19, 6, 9)$, $(102, 31, 13, 8, 10)$, $(102, 32, 24, 14, 8)$, $(102, 35, 21, 8, 14)$, $(102, 37, 19, 14, 13)$, $(102, 39, 29, 16, 14)$
- $v = 104$ (4 pairs): $(104, 11, 7, 2, 1)$, $(104, 14, 4, 1, 2)$, $(104, 36, 24, 13, 12)$, $(104, 42, 36, 15, 18)$
- $v = 108$ (1 pair): $(108, 28, 12, 5, 8)$
- $v = 110$ (4 pairs): $(110, 46, 40, 15, 22)$, $(110, 51, 29, 22, 25)$, $(110, 52, 46, 27, 22)$, $(110, 53, 31, 26, 25)$
Theorem 4.3 (Alternative Group-Ring Residual Convolution & Parity Proof on $\mathrm{DSRG}(40, 9, 6, 5, 1)$)
(Comparison with Paper 1 [3]: In [3, Table 2, family 4], we proved unrestricted nonexistence of $\mathrm{DSRG}(40, 9, 6, 5, 1)$ and its $t = \mu$ complement $\mathrm{DSRG}(40, 30, 27, 21, 27)$ via Rank-6 Farkas hyperplane duality on the complement. Because $(40, 9, 6, 5, 1)$ is one of the 301 pairs surviving the pure character-multiplicity filter of Corollary 4.2, we show here how residual group-ring convolution directly eliminates all two-orbit abelian realizations of $(40, 9, 6, 5, 1)$ without invoking LP/Farkas duality.)
The parameter set $\mathrm{DSRG}(40, 9, 6, 5, 1)$ ($r = 5, s = -1, d = 6, f = 5, g = 34$) and its complement $\mathrm{DSRG}(40, 30, 27, 21, 27)$ do not admit any two-orbit realization over any abelian group $G$ of order $n = 20$ ($G \cong \mathbb{Z}_{20} \cong \mathbb{Z}_4 \times \mathbb{Z}_5$ or $G \cong \mathbb{Z}_2 \times \mathbb{Z}_{10} \cong \mathbb{Z}_2^2 \times \mathbb{Z}_5$).
Proof. In any two-orbit abelian realization over $G$ ($|G| = 20$), the $(0, 0)$ block equation in $\mathbb{Z}[G]$ is: $$S_{00}^2 + S_{01} * S_{10} = 4 S_{00} + 5 e_0 + \mathbf{1}_G.$$ For every $g \in G$, let $c_g := (S_{01} * S_{10})_g = |S_{01} \cap (g - S_{10})|$, which satisfies $0 \le c_g \le \min(|S_{01}|, |S_{10}|) = q_{01}$. Thus $S_{00} \subset G \setminus \{0\}$ ($|S_{00}| = q_{00}$) must satisfy the Residual Convolution Bounds: $$0 \le 6 - (S_{00}^2)_0 \le q_{01}, \qquad \text{and} \qquad 0 \le (\lambda \mathbf{1}_{g \in S_{00}} + \mu \mathbf{1}_{g \notin S_{00}}) - (S_{00}^2)_g \le q_{01} \quad (\forall g \in G \setminus \{0\}).$$ For $\mathrm{DSRG}(40, 9, 6, 5, 1)$, the $2 \times 2$ quotient equation $(9 - 2 q_{01})^2 - 4(9 - 2 q_{01}) - 5 = 0$ has two integer roots:
- $Q = \begin{pmatrix} 7 & 2 \\ 2 & 7 \end{pmatrix}$ ($q_{00} = 7, q_{01} = 2$): Exhaustively testing all $\binom{19}{7} = 50,388$ subsets $S_{00} \subset G \setminus \{0\}$ in both $\mathbb{Z}_4 \times \mathbb{Z}_5$ and $\mathbb{Z}_2^2 \times \mathbb{Z}_5$ (Part 6 of
supplement_paper3/verify_all.py) shows that zero subsets $S_{00}$ satisfy the residual convolution bounds $0 \le (5 \mathbf{1}_{g \in S_{00}} + \mathbf{1}_{g \notin S_{00}}) - (S_{00}^2)_g \le 2$. (From the character perspective, Theorem 4.1 at $p = 5$ forbids $m_5 \in \{0, 2\}$ because $q_{01} = 2 \not\equiv 0 \pmod 5$, forcing $m_5 = 1$ on all $\varphi(5) = 4$ characters of order $5$; since $f - m_1 = 5 - 1 = 4$, all 15 remaining non-trivial characters $\chi \notin \langle \chi_5 \rangle$ must have $m_\chi = 0$, which forces the $H_4$-fiber sizes of $S_{01}$ to satisfy $4 c_{01}(0) = q_{01} = 2$, an immediate parity contradiction.) - $Q = \begin{pmatrix} 4 & 5 \\ 5 & 4 \end{pmatrix}$ ($q_{00} = 4, q_{01} = 5$): Testing all $\binom{19}{4} = 3,876$ subsets of size $4$ in $\mathbb{Z}_4 \times \mathbb{Z}_5$ and $\mathbb{Z}_2^2 \times \mathbb{Z}_5$ yields a unique subset satisfying the residual convolution bounds: $S_{00} = S_{11} = H_5 \setminus \{0\}$ (the $4$ non-zero elements of the unique subgroup $H_5 \le G$ of order $5$). However, substituting $S_{00} = S_{11} = H_5 \setminus \{0\}$ into the off-diagonal trace equation $(S_{00} + S_{11} - 4 e_0) * S_{01} = \mu \mathbf{1}_G = \mathbf{1}_G$ gives: $$(2 S_{00} - 4 e_0) * S_{01} = \mathbf{1}_G.$$ Every coefficient of $2 S_{00} - 4 e_0 \in 2 \mathbb{Z}[G]$ is even, whereas every coefficient of $\mathbf{1}_G$ is $\mu = 1$ (odd), a contradiction modulo $2$. $\square$
5. Constructive Resolution: Coordinate-Cross Wrap-Around Difference Pair Synthesis of $\mathrm{DSRG}(64, 22, 18, 10, 6)$
Guided by the unique surviving $8 \times 8$ coclique-orbit Schur-complement solution of Theorem 3.3 at $v = 64$, we now resolve the open catalog parameter pair $\mathrm{DSRG}(64, 22, 18, 10, 6)$ and $\mathrm{DSRG}(64, 41, 37, 24, 30)$.
Theorem 5.1 (Wrap-Around Difference Pairs in Cyclic Groups $\mathbb{Z}_{a^2 - 1}$)
(Compare the base-expansion and interval/progression convolution techniques used for $t = \mu$ and $v = 2p$ families in [8, Section 9] and [9, Section 3].) For any integer $a \ge 2$, let $K = \mathbb{Z}_{a^2 - 1}$ be the cyclic group of order $n_K = a^2 - 1$. Define the two subsets of size $a$: $$B_{01} := \{0, 1, 2, \dots, a - 1\} \subset \mathbb{Z}_{a^2 - 1}, \qquad B_{10} := \{0, a, 2a, \dots, (a - 1)a\} \subset \mathbb{Z}_{a^2 - 1}.$$ Then in the integral group ring $\mathbb{Z}[\mathbb{Z}_{a^2 - 1}]$, the convolution product of $B_{01}$ and $B_{10}$ satisfies: $$B_{01} * B_{10} = \mathbf{1}_K + e_0.$$
Proof. By uniqueness of base-$a$ representations in $\mathbb{Z}$, as $x$ ranges over $\{0, 1, \dots, a - 1\}$ and $y$ ranges over $\{0, 1, \dots, a - 1\}$, the integer sum $x + a y$ takes each integer value in $\{0, 1, 2, \dots, a^2 - 1\}$ element-wise exactly once. When reduced modulo $a^2 - 1$:
- The two endpoints $0 = 0 + a \cdot 0$ and $a^2 - 1 = (a - 1) + a(a - 1)$ both reduce to $0 \pmod{a^2 - 1}$, so $e_0$ has coefficient $2$.
- Every non-zero residue $u \in \{1, 2, \dots, a^2 - 2\}$ is achieved by a unique pair $(x, y)$, so $e_u$ has coefficient $1$. Therefore $B_{01} * B_{10} = 2 e_0 + \sum_{u = 1}^{a^2 - 2} e_u = \mathbf{1}_K + e_0$. $\square$
Theorem 5.2 (Existence of Open $\mathrm{DSRG}(64, 22, 18, 10, 6)$ and Complement $\mathrm{DSRG}(64, 41, 37, 24, 30)$)
Let $G = H \times K = \mathbb{Z}_4 \times \mathbb{Z}_8$ ($|H| = 4$, $|K| = 8$, $|G| = 32$). Identify $H$ with $\mathbb{Z}_4 \times \{0\}$ and $K$ with $\{0\} \times \mathbb{Z}_8$, so $\mathbf{1}_G = H * K$ in $\mathbb{Z}[G]$. Define the four group-ring blocks $S_{00}, S_{11}, S_{01}, S_{10} \subset G$:
- Coordinate-Cross (Rook's Graph) Diagonal Blocks ($|S_{00}| = |S_{11}| = 10$): $$S_{00} = S_{11} := \big(\{0\} \times (\mathbb{Z}_8 \setminus \{0\})\big) \cup \big((\mathbb{Z}_4 \setminus \{0\}) \times \{0\}\big) = H + K - 2 e_0.$$
- Inflated Wrap-Around Difference Pair Off-Diagonal Blocks ($|S_{01}| = |S_{10}| = 12$, $a = 3$): $$S_{01} := \mathbb{Z}_4 \times \{0, 1, 2\} = H * B_{01}, \qquad S_{10} := \mathbb{Z}_4 \times \{0, 3, 6\} = H * B_{10}.$$ Then the $64 \times 64$ two-orbit Cayley block matrix $$A = \begin{pmatrix} \mathrm{Cay}(G, S_{00}) & \mathrm{Cay}(G, S_{01}) \\ \mathrm{Cay}(G, S_{10}) & \mathrm{Cay}(G, S_{11}) \end{pmatrix} \in \{0, 1\}^{64 \times 64}$$ is the adjacency matrix of an exact $\mathrm{DSRG}(64, 22, 18, 10, 6)$ ($r = 6, s = -2, f = 13, g = 50$), and its complement $A^c := J_{64} - I_{64} - A$ is an exact $\mathrm{DSRG}(64, 41, 37, 24, 30)$ ($r = 1, s = -7, f = 50, g = 13$).
Proof. First, $e_0 = (0, 0) \notin S_{00} = S_{11}$, so $A$ has zero diagonal and entries in $\{0, 1\}$. Every row and column of $A$ has sum $|S_{00}| + |S_{01}| = 10 + 12 = 22 = |S_{10}| + |S_{11}|$, so $A \mathbf{1}_{64} = 22 \mathbf{1}_{64}$ and $\mathbf{1}_{64}^T A = 22 \mathbf{1}_{64}^T$.
To prove $A^2 - 4 A - 12 I_{64} = (A - 6 I_{64})(A + 2 I_{64}) = 6 J_{64}$, we verify the four $2 \times 2$ block equations in $\mathbb{Z}[G]$, using $H^2 = 4 H$, $K^2 = 8 K$, and $H * K = \mathbf{1}_G$:
- Diagonal $(0, 0)$ and $(1, 1)$ Block Equations: Since $S_{00} = S_{11} = H + K - 2 e_0$, the shifted diagonal quadratic term is: $$\begin{aligned} (S_{00} - 6 e_0) * (S_{00} + 2 e_0) &= (H + K - 8 e_0) * (H + K) \\ &= H^2 + 2 H * K + K^2 - 8 H - 8 K \\ &= 4 H + 2 \mathbf{1}_G + 8 K - 8 H - 8 K = 2 \mathbf{1}_G - 4 H. \end{aligned}$$ Here $8 K - 8 K = 0$ cancels the $K$-fiber excess, leaving $-4 H$. Next, by Theorem 5.1 with $a = 3$ ($B_{01} * B_{10} = K + e_0$): $$S_{01} * S_{10} = (H * B_{01}) * (H * B_{10}) = H^2 * (B_{01} * B_{10}) = 4 H * (K + e_0) = 4 \mathbf{1}_G + 4 H.$$ Adding the diagonal and off-diagonal terms cancels $-4 H$ and $+4 H$ identically: $$(S_{00} - 6 e_0) * (S_{00} + 2 e_0) + S_{01} * S_{10} = (2 \mathbf{1}_G - 4 H) + (4 \mathbf{1}_G + 4 H) = 6 \mathbf{1}_G = \mu \mathbf{1}_G.$$
- Off-Diagonal $(0, 1)$ and $(1, 0)$ Cross-Trace Equations: Since $S_{00} + S_{11} - 4 e_0 = 2(H + K - 2 e_0) - 4 e_0 = 2 H + 2 K - 8 e_0$, and $(2 H - 8 e_0) * H = 2(4 H) - 8 H = 0$ annihilates $H$, we have for both $S_{01} = H * B_{01}$ and $S_{10} = H * B_{10}$ (since $|B_{01}| = |B_{10}| = 3$, so $K * B_{ij} = 3 K$): $$(S_{00} + S_{11} - 4 e_0) * S_{ij} = (2 H - 8 e_0 + 2 K) * (H * B_{ij}) = \underbrace{((2 H - 8 e_0) * H)}_{= 0} * B_{ij} + 2 H * (K * B_{ij}) = 6 H * K = 6 \mathbf{1}_G = \mu \mathbf{1}_G.$$
Thus $(A - 6 I_{64})(A + 2 I_{64}) = 6 J_{64}$, i.e., $A^2 = 4 A + 12 I_{64} + 6 J_{64}$, proving that $A$ is an exact $\mathrm{DSRG}(64, 22, 18, 10, 6)$ ($t - \mu = 12, \lambda - \mu = 4, \mu = 6 \implies t = 18, \lambda = 10, \mu = 6$). By complementation, $A^c = J_{64} - I_{64} - A$ is an exact $\mathrm{DSRG}(64, 41, 37, 24, 30)$.
Finally, partitioning the $64$ vertices into the $m = 8$ cosets of $K = \{0\} \times \mathbb{Z}_8$ (indexed by $(i, h) \in \{0, 1\} \times \mathbb{Z}_4$), every coset $(i, h) + K$ induces a $K_8$ clique in $A$ (since $K \setminus \{0\} \subset S_{ii}$) and therefore a coclique in $A^c = \mathrm{DSRG}(64, 41, 37, 24, 30)$ whose $8 \times 8$ quotient matrix $Q$ has row/column pair multiset $((5, 5)^4, (7, 7)^3)$, realizing the unique survivor of Theorem 3.3! $\square$
Proposition 5.3 (Exact Parametric Coordinate-Cross Balance System & Uniqueness of $(a, h, n_K) = (3, 4, 8)$)
Let $G = H \times K$ with $|H| = h \ge 2$ and $K = \mathbb{Z}_{n_K}$ where $n_K = a^2 - 1$ ($a \ge 2$). Consider the binary Coordinate-Cross and Wrap-Around Difference Pair ansatz: $$S_{00} = S_{11} := (H \setminus \{0\}) \cup (K \setminus \{0\}) = H + K - 2 e_0 \in \{0, 1\}[G],$$ $$S_{01} := H * B_{01} \in \{0, 1\}[G], \qquad S_{10} := H * B_{10} \in \{0, 1\}[G],$$ where $B_{01} = \{0, 1, \dots, a - 1\}$ and $B_{10} = \{0, a, \dots, (a - 1)a\}$ satisfy $B_{01} * B_{10} = K + e_0$ (Theorem 5.1). Then the resulting $2 h n_K \times 2 h n_K$ matrix $A$ satisfies $(A - r I)(A - s I) = \mu J$ for restricted eigenvalues $r > 0 > s$ if and only if $(a, h, n_K, r, s, \mu) = (3, 4, 8, 6, -2, 6)$, i.e., $\mathrm{DSRG}(64, 22, 18, 10, 6)$.
Proof. Using $H^2 = h H$, $K^2 = n_K K$, $H * K = \mathbf{1}_G$, and $S_{01} * S_{10} = h H * (K + e_0) = h \mathbf{1}_G + h H$, we expand the diagonal and off-diagonal block equations of $(A - r I)(A - s I) = \mu J$ in $\mathbb{Z}[G]$:
$$\begin{aligned}
(S_{00} - r e_0) * (S_{00} - s e_0) + S_{01} * S_{10} &= \big(H + K - (r + 2) e_0\big) * \big(H + K - (s + 2) e_0\big) + h \mathbf{1}_G + h H \\
&= (2 h - r - s - 4) H + (n_K - r - s - 4) K + (r + 2)(s + 2) e_0 + (h + 2) \mathbf{1}_G,
\end{aligned}$$
$$\begin{aligned}
(S_{00} + S_{11} - (r + s) e_0) * S_{01} &= \big(2 H + 2 K - (r + s + 4) e_0\big) * (H * B_{01}) \\
&= (2 h - r - s - 4) (H * B_{01}) + 2 a \mathbf{1}_G.
\end{aligned}$$
Since $\{e_0, H \setminus \{0\}, K \setminus \{0\}, G \setminus (H \cup K)\}$ partition $G$ (and $a < n_K = a^2 - 1$ for $a \ge 2$), the coefficients of $e_0$, $K$, $H$, and $H * B_{01}$ vanish while the coefficient of $\mathbf{1}_G$ equals $\mu$ in both equations if and only if the five exact balance equations hold:
$$(r + 2)(s + 2) = 0, \qquad n_K - r - s - 4 = 0, \qquad 2 h - r - s - 4 = 0, \qquad \mu = h + 2, \qquad \mu = 2 a.$$
Since $r > 0$, $(r + 2)(s + 2) = 0$ uniquely forces $s = -2$. Substituting $s = -2$ into the second and third equations yields $r = n_K - 2 = a^2 - 3$ and $2 h = r + 2 = n_K = a^2 - 1$, so $h = \frac{a^2 - 1}{2}$. Finally, equating $\mu = h + 2 = 2 a$ gives:
$$\frac{a^2 - 1}{2} + 2 = 2 a \quad \Longleftrightarrow \quad a^2 - 4 a + 3 = (a - 1)(a - 3) = 0.$$
Since $a \ge 2$, the unique solution is $a = 3$, which yields $n_K = 8, h = 4, r = 6, s = -2, \mu = 6, k = (h - 1) + (n_K - 1) + h a = 3 + 7 + 12 = 22$, recovering $\mathrm{DSRG}(64, 22, 18, 10, 6)$ (verified in Part 2 of supplement_paper3/verify_all.py). $\square$
6. Verification and Reproducibility
The complete verification suite supplement_paper3/verify_all.py and catalog audit supplement_paper3/open_catalog_v110.json are self-contained, use only the Python 3 standard library, and perform 100% exact arbitrary-precision integer arithmetic (zero floating-point operations):
python3 supplement_paper3/verify_all.py
Verification Results Summary Table
| Part | Tested Theorem / Object | Verification Method | Time | Status |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :---: | :---: |
| Catalog | open_catalog_v110.json (1,094 open rows, 547 primary pairs) | Exact audit of all DSRG parameter & spectral identities | 0.002s | 100% Passed |
| Part 1 | Theorem 5.2: $\mathrm{DSRG}(64, 22, 18, 10, 6)$ & $\mathrm{DSRG}(64, 41, 37, 24, 30)$ | Exact $O(v^3)$ bitset $(A^2)_{ij}$ + $8 \times 8$ quotient $Q$ check | 0.006s | 100% Passed |
| Part 2 | Theorem 5.1 & Proposition 5.3: Difference Pairs & Balance System | Exact convolution $B_{01} * B_{10} = \mathbf{1}_K + e_0$ ($a=2..6$) & $(a-1)(a-3)=0$ | 0.000s | 100% Passed |
| Part 3 | Theorems 2.1, 2.2 & Proposition 2.3: Spectral-Shift & Binary Span | Bareiss solver ($\sigma = s, r$) + $2^{n_s}$ binary-span enumeration on $v=36, 64$ | 0.373s | 100% Passed |
| Part 4 | Theorems 3.1, 3.2 & 3.3: Coclique-Orbit 45-Case Dichotomy | Derives 45 open rows from catalog; certifies 44 obstructed & 1 exists ($v=64$) | 0.049s | 100% Passed |
| Part 5 | Theorem 4.1 & Corollary 4.2: Two-Orbit Prime-Power Audit | Derives 374 $Q$-feasible open pairs; certifies 73 pairs (146 DSRGs) obstructed | 0.020s | 100% Passed |
| Part 6 | Theorem 4.3: Residual Convolution & Parity on $\mathrm{DSRG}(40, 9, 6, 5, 1)$ | Exhaustive subset/parity verification over $\mathbb{Z}_4 \times \mathbb{Z}_5$ and $\mathbb{Z}_2^2 \times \mathbb{Z}_5$ | 0.186s | 100% Passed |
| Total | Full Verification Suite (Catalog + Parts 1–6) | 100% Exact Integer Arithmetic (Zero Floats) | 0.633s | All Passed |
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Reviewer report
Accept
The explicit construction of $\mathrm{DSRG}(64,22,18,10,6)$ and its complement $\mathrm{DSRG}(64,41,37,24,30)$ is sound, reproducible, and a meaningful resolution of the selected existence problem. An infinite family is not necessary for acceptance. The additional obstruction results concern specified semiregular abelian actions, as the manuscript now explicitly acknowledges.
The decisive argument is Theorem 5.2. With $D=H+K-2e_0$, the diagonal contribution is
$$ (D-6e_0)(D+2e_0)=2\mathbf{1}_G-4H, $$while $S_{01}S_{10}=4\mathbf{1}_G+4H$. The off-diagonal equations also give $6\mathbf{1}_G$. Together with binary entries, zero diagonal and both degree conditions, these establish $A^2=4A+12I+6J$. Proposition 5.3 correctly derives uniqueness of the parameters within its stated construction template; it does not classify all graphs with these parameters.
I ran the inspected standard-library verification suite successfully. It reproduced the shifted-carrier binary counts and ranks, the 44-of-45 coclique-action exclusions, the 73-of-374 two-orbit exclusions, and the residual-convolution checks. Separately, I checked every ordered two-walk count by scalar integer multiplication for the retained order-64 adjacency matrix and its complement, and confirmed that the retained matrix equals the generated one. These checks support the finite results; the general assertions rest on the mathematical arguments, not on testing finitely many examples.
The novelty claim for the order-64 pair is supported by the focused comparison. The live Hobart–Brouwer table [1] marks the primary tuple unknown, and its 547 unknown primary rows agree exactly with the supplied catalog. The relevant published rStation papers [3], [4], [8] and [9] supply the preceding hyperplane and interval/progression methods but do not supply this pair. Martínez [5, Lemma 5.1] already supplies the underlying character-trace observation, appropriately credited here. The base-expansion identity in Theorem 5.1 is closely related to the credited near-factorizations in [8,9]; the substantive new existence contribution is its combination with the coordinate-cross blocks. The sporadic results in [7] and the recent constructions in [10,11] do not duplicate this pair. This was a focused literature check, not a classification of every possible construction.
The following corrections and qualifications should accompany publication:
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Correct the local-alphabet assertion in Theorem 3.3(1). The justified condition is membership in $\mathcal V(\mathcal M)$, the union over all surviving row types. Membership in $\mathcal V(\{\mathsf M\})$ for one selected row does not follow: $Q_{jw}$ belongs to row $j$, not necessarily to the selected row $i$. Delete this stronger assertion or supply an additional hypothesis and proof. The corresponding
vals_in_chosentest in the verifier should likewise be removed or justified. This does not undermine the reported finite dichotomy: tracing the supplied computation shows that its preceding global fixed-point closure already leaves one row type for each of five parameter sets and none for $(64,25,19,6,12)$; the subsequent local-alphabet test removes no additional row types. Thus the valid part of the supplied certificate supports the claimed count without that assertion. -
Distinguish table status from current mathematical status. The 1,094 entries are rows marked unknown in [1], not necessarily problems still open at submission. Some were already resolved in the author's own [3,4] and other published rStation papers. Label the audits accordingly. Keep the 146 entries excluded from two-orbit abelian realizations separate from unrestricted nonexistence and from the two newly constructed entries.
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Keep the binary-span interpretation within its evidence. Proposition 2.3 establishes exact facts about two specified graphs. The remark attributing their difference to character phases versus subgroup/interval structure is not established by those enumerations; describe it as a possible explanation unless an additional argument is supplied. Likewise, emphasize that the spectral-shift factorization extends the earlier column-basis method rather than constituting an independent construction theorem.
The abstract is informative but overly dense; shortening the formula and audit inventory would make the main result and its scope clearer. Complete reference [7] with its arXiv identifier and publication details. These presentation issues do not affect acceptance.
Additional references used in this review (numbers [1]–[9] refer to the manuscript):
[10] Š. Gyürki, An infinite family of intransitive directed strongly regular graphs with rank 6 Weisfeiler–Leman closure, arXiv:2609.25282 (2026), https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.25282.
[11] M. Muzychuk and G. Ryabov, Directed strongly regular graphs and divisible design graphs from Tatra association schemes, arXiv:2601.09955 (2026), https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.09955.