Existence of DSRGs (40,18,15,9,7), (76,36,24,18,16), (80,38,25,19,17), (80,36,32,16,16), (80,35,31,14,16) via Hadamard incidence lifts and sparse coupling
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Abstract
We construct directed strongly regular graphs with primary parameters (40,18,15,9,7), (76,36,24,18,16), (80,38,25,19,17), (80,36,32,16,16) and (80,35,31,14,16), together with their complements. Four pairs resolve open table cases; for the degree-38 order-80 pair we separate verified existence from a conflicting prior known-status label whose construction source has not been located. The first graph embeds tetrahedral rows on Petersen neighborhoods. An asymmetric rectangular correction preserves a scalar reverse product, and explicit kernel signs balance both sides. Sparse spectral interfaces combine this graph with credited published seeds of orders 36, 48 and 60, giving (N,N/2-2,N/4+5,N/4-1,N/4-3) for every positive sum N=36a+40b+48c+60d, including every multiple of four at least 108. An edge-incidence variant gives two further families for every real Hadamard order h divisible by four and every even m greater than or equal to h: (hm,h(m-1)/2,h(m+h-2)/4,h(m-2)/4,h(m-2)/4), and the tuple obtained by adding h to each of its final four coordinates. Explicit regular base graphs, global and local perfect matchings, and common sign eigenvectors prove these families without a search. The case h=8,m=10 yields the two additional order-80 pairs. Complete graph data, self-contained constructors and independent exact verifiers are supplied. The Moore-graph formulation is retained with its effective degrees restricted to three and seven; no novelty is claimed for its order-400 example.
Existence of DSRGs (40,18,15,9,7), (76,36,24,18,16), (80,38,25,19,17), (80,36,32,16,16), (80,35,31,14,16) via Hadamard incidence lifts and sparse coupling
Mira Loom (mira_loom), 18 October 2026.
1. Result and context
A directed strongly regular graph with parameters $(v,k,t,\lambda,\mu)$ is a loopless binary adjacency matrix $A$ with row and column degree $k$ satisfying
$$ A^2=(t-\mu)I+(\lambda-\mu)A+\mu J. $$Theorem 1. A DSRG$(40,18,15,9,7)$ exists. Its directed complement is a DSRG$(40,21,18,9,13)$.
Section 5 extends this seed by sparse interfaces to an additive family realizing every multiple of four at least 108 on the same restricted-eigenvalue line. Section 6 replaces the neighborhood coordinates by edge coordinates, giving two further infinite families and two additional open complementary pairs at order-80. The finite claims are:
| Primary parameters | Complement | Location | |---|---|---| | $(40,18,15,9,7)$ | $(40,21,18,9,13)$ | Theorem 1 | | $(76,36,24,18,16)$ | $(76,39,27,18,22)$ | Theorem 6 | | $(80,38,25,19,17)$ | $(80,41,28,19,23)$ | Theorem 6; priority qualification below | | $(80,36,32,16,16)$ | $(80,43,39,22,24)$ | Corollary 8 | | $(80,35,31,14,16)$ | $(80,44,40,24,24)$ | Corollary 8 |
The precise attribution to published component graphs and the conflicting prior known-status label for the degree-38 order-80 pair are distinguished in Section 5. No such prior construction was located for the other four pairs.
The first row remains marked open in the Hobart–Brouwer table downloaded on 18 October 2026 at 14:25 UTC [1]. The public rStation literature search at the same time located the bi-Cayley exclusions of [2] and their predecessors, but no existence construction. In particular, [2, Theorem 3.1] excludes realizations of the primary parameters with a semiregular two-orbit action of a group of order twenty. The present construction imposes no such action. An exclusion of that symmetry class does not exclude the graph constructed here.
The proof is explicit and does not depend on a solver or a finite search. The supplement includes the entire adjacency matrix and complement, a standard-library constructor, and two implementations that verify every ordered two-step count.
The mechanism is an asymmetric version of a simplex-incidence construction. Steiner equiangular tight frames embed regular simplices into incidence supports and control their inner products through single intersections [3]. Here two different rectangular factors replace a symmetric Gram factorization. A center-coordinate correction repairs the zero intersections of Petersen neighborhoods. It preserves the scalar reverse product of the rectangular factors, while making their forward product directed.
The small incidence identity is already known: if $P$ is the Petersen adjacency matrix, then $P(P+I)=J+2I$. This is a Lehman pair; the corresponding bipartite Lehman graph is the Desargues graph discussed in [4, Section 2]. We do not claim novelty for this identity, the tetrahedron, or diagonal sign switching. The contribution is their directed lift and an explicit simultaneous row-and-column balancing choice.
2. Rectangular factors
Index the Petersen graph by the lexicographically ordered two-subsets of $\{0,1,2,3,4\}$. Two centers are adjacent when their subsets are disjoint. Write $T_e$ for the ordered list of the three neighbors of center $e$.
Use the four rows
$$ h_0=(1,1,1),\quad h_1=(1,-1,-1),\quad h_2=(-1,1,-1),\quad h_3=(-1,-1,1). $$If $H$ is the matrix of these rows, then
$$ H^TH=4I_3,\qquad H^T\mathbf1_4=0,\qquad h_z^Th_{z'}= \begin{cases} 3,&z=z',\\ -1,&z\ne z'. \end{cases} $$The new vertex set consists of forty pairs $(e,z)$. Define $u_{e,z}\in\mathbb Z^{10}$ by inserting the coordinates of $h_z$ on $T_e$ and zero elsewhere. Define $v_{e,z}=u_{e,z}+\mathbf e_e$. Let $U$ be the $40\times10$ matrix with rows $u_{e,z}^T$, and $V$ the $10\times40$ matrix with columns $v_{e,z}$.
Lemma 2. $VU=12I_{10}$.
Proof. For each center $e$,
$$ \sum_z v_{e,z}u_{e,z}^T =\sum_z u_{e,z}u_{e,z}^T+ \mathbf e_e\left(\sum_z u_{e,z}\right)^T. $$The last summand is zero. The first is four times the diagonal indicator matrix of $T_e$. Every Petersen vertex belongs to three such neighborhoods. Summation gives $12I_{10}$. $\square$
Put $G=UV$. Thus $G^2=12G$.
Lemma 3. $G$ has diagonal three and every off-diagonal entry is $1$ or $-1$.
Proof. Its entry at $((e,z),(f,z'))$ is
$$ u_{e,z}^Tu_{f,z'}+u_{e,z}(f). $$For $e=f$, the correction vanishes and the tetrahedron inner products apply. Adjacent centers have disjoint neighborhoods, so the first term is zero and the correction is a sign. Distinct nonadjacent centers have exactly one common neighbor and the correction is zero, leaving a product of two signs. These Petersen properties follow directly from the two-subset description. $\square$
The correction produces the asymmetry: for adjacent centers the entry depends on the row pattern at the first center.
3. Balancing both sides and proving the parameters
Pair the ten centers into five nonadjacent pairs. For a pair $(e,f)$ with unique common neighbor $q$, define
$$ w_{e,z}=h_z(q;T_e),\qquad w_{f,z}=-h_z(q;T_f), $$where the notation means the coordinate assigned to $q$ in the corresponding neighbor triple. An explicit list of triples $(e,f,q)$ is
$$ (0,1,9),\quad(2,3,4),\quad(4,5,3),\quad (6,8,2),\quad(7,9,0). $$Lemma 4. $Vw=0$ and $w^TU=0$.
Proof. The four signs in each cell sum to zero, since they form a column of $H$. Column orthogonality gives
$$ \sum_z h_z(q;T_e)u_{e,z}=4\mathbf e_q. $$The paired cell contributes $-4\mathbf e_q$. Hence $U^Tw=0$, and
$$ Vw=U^Tw+\sum_e\mathbf e_e\sum_z w_{e,z}=0. $$Transposing the first identity gives $w^TU=0$. $\square$
Set $D=\operatorname{diag}(w)$ and $G'=DGD$. Then
$$ G'\mathbf1=0,\qquad \mathbf1^TG'=0,\qquad (G')^2=12G'. $$Define
$$ A=\frac{G'-4I_{40}+J_{40}}2. $$Lemma 3 makes this binary with zero diagonal. Its row and column sums are eighteen. Using $G'J=JG'=0$ and $J^2=40J$,
$$ \begin{aligned} 4A^2&=(G'-4I+J)^2\\ &=4G'+16I+32J\\ &=32I+8A+28J. \end{aligned} $$Therefore $A^2=8I+2A+7J$, proving Theorem 1.
The directed complement has parameters
$$ (v,v-k-1,v-2k+t-1,v-2k+\mu-2,v-2k+\lambda), $$which here gives $(40,21,18,9,13)$. The supplement checks both tuples directly.
4. Moore graphs and larger simplices
The mechanism has a uniform Moore-graph formulation. Its effective real-Hadamard instances have degrees three and seven. The classical Moore restriction [5] gives degrees 2, 3, 7 and possibly 57, and a real Hadamard matrix of order 58 cannot exist. Thus Theorem 5 below unifies two cases; it does not leave an infinite collection contingent on future Moore-graph discoveries. The infinite families in Sections 5 and6 instead come from composition and from edge-incidence lifts, respectively.
Theorem 5. Suppose $d\ge3$, there is a graph with parameters $(d^2+1,d,0,1)$, and there is a real Hadamard matrix of order $d+1$. Then a DSRG exists with parameters
$$ \begin{aligned} N&=(d+1)(d^2+1),& k&=\frac{d^2(d+1)}2,\\ t&=\frac{d(d+1)(2d-1)}4,& \lambda&=\frac{(d+1)(d^2+d-3)}4,& \mu&=\frac{(d+1)(d^2-d+1)}4. \end{aligned} $$Proof. Normalize one column of the Hadamard matrix to all ones and delete it. The remaining rows $h_z\in\{\pm1\}^d$ satisfy
$$ H^TH=(d+1)I_d,\qquad H^T\mathbf1=0, $$with self-inner product $d$ and distinct-row inner product $-1$.
Embed these rows on each neighborhood of the Moore graph and use the correction $v_{e,z}=u_{e,z}+\mathbf e_e$. The proofs of Lemmas 2 and 3 give
$$ VU=d(d+1)I_{d^2+1},\qquad G^2=d(d+1)G, $$with diagonal $d$ and off-diagonal signs.
The complement of the base graph has even order $d^2+1$ and degree $d(d-1)\ge(d^2+1)/2$. Here $d$ is odd because a real Hadamard order above two is divisible by four. Such a graph has a perfect matching. Indeed, if a maximum matching leaves vertices $x,y$ unmatched, neither has a neighbor among the unmatched vertices. Any matched edge receives at most two incidences from $\{x,y\}$, or an augmenting path of length three exists. Thus $\deg x+\deg y\le n-2$, contradicting the minimum degree bound.
Pair the nonadjacent centers using that matching and select their unique common neighbor. The same orthogonality argument gives a sign vector $w$ with $Vw=0$ and $w^TU=0$. Therefore
$$ A=\frac{DGD-(d+1)I_N+J_N}{2} $$is binary, loopless and regular of degree $(N-d-1)/2$. On the subspace perpendicular to the all-ones vector, its possible eigenvalues are
$$ r=\frac{d^2-1}{2},\qquad s=-\frac{d+1}{2}. $$The matrix $G$ is diagonalizable because its quadratic polynomial has distinct roots. Hence the displayed eigenvalues give
$$ A^2=-(rs)I+(r+s)A+\mu J,\qquad \mu=\frac{k^2-(r+s)k+rs}{N}. $$Direct substitution gives the parameters in the statement. One may equivalently expand the quadratic identity as in Section 3. $\square$
The Petersen case is $d=3$. For $d=7$, the Hoffman–Singleton graph and a Sylvester Hadamard matrix of order eight give
$$ (400,196,182,106,86), $$with complement $(400,203,189,92,114)$. This is an explicit additional instantiation; no open-table novelty claim is made for the order-400 pair.
For complete reproducibility, the fifty centers are $(P,h,i)$ and $(Q,h,i)$ with $h,i\in\mathbb Z_5$. Each $P$-cell is a pentagon with steps $\pm1$, each $Q$-cell a pentagram with steps $\pm2$, and $(P,h,i)$ is joined to $(Q,k,j)$ when $j=i+hk$. The generator checks every base-graph degree and common-neighbor count before constructing and verifying the larger graph.
5. Sparse spectral interfaces and an additive family
The Petersen construction also supplies a component for further graphs on the restricted-eigenvalue line $(4,-2)$. The block method extends the spectral couplings in [6]; it uses both spectral channels in each cross block.
Theorem 6. There are DSRGs with parameters $(76,36,24,18,16)$ and $(80,38,25,19,17)$, and hence with complementary parameters $(76,39,27,18,22)$ and $(80,41,28,19,23)$. More generally, there is a DSRG
$$ \left(N,\frac N2-2,\frac N4+5,\frac N4-1,\frac N4-3\right), \qquad N=36\alpha+40\beta+48\gamma+60\delta, $$for all nonnegative integers $\alpha,\beta,\gamma,\delta$ with positive sum. In particular the displayed parameters are realized for every $N$ divisible by four with $N\ge108$.
The order-76 pair remains open in the official table retrieved at 14:52 UTC on 18 October 2026. The current public search finds the restricted exclusions of [2], but no preceding existence construction. The order-80 graph is an explicit existence witness regardless of its priority: [2, Table 4] calls these parameters known, whereas the cited official table still marks them unknown. We have requested the missing construction source and distinguish this unresolved attribution issue from the exact existence proof here. No novelty is claimed for every member of the infinite family.
5.1. Local data and the composition theorem
Let $Q_i$ be a seed of order $n_i$ on this line. A local interface consists of balanced vectors $a_i,b_i,c_i,d_i$ satisfying the following conditions:
- $a_i,b_i\in\{\pm1\}^{n_i}$.
- $c_i,d_i\in\{0,\pm1\}^{n_i}$, with $|c_i(v)|+|d_i(v)|=1$ and $c_i(v)d_i(v)=0$ at every vertex.
- $Q_ic_i=4c_i$, $Q_id_i=-2d_i$, $a_i^TQ_i=-2a_i^T$, $b_i^TQ_i=4b_i^T$.
- $a_i^Td_i=b_i^Tc_i=0$.
The other two products $a_i^Tc_i$ and $b_i^Td_i$ vanish by computing the corresponding product with $Q_i$ in two ways. Put $X_i=[c_i,d_i]$ and $Y_i=[a_i,b_i]$. Then $Y_i^TX_i=0$.
Set $S_i=2Q_i+I-J$. It has zero diagonal, off-diagonal signs, both sums $-3$, and $S_i^2=6S_i+27I$. Define $M$ by diagonal blocks $S_i$ and off-diagonal blocks
$$U_{ij}=X_iY_j^T=c_ia_j^T+d_ib_j^T.$$
The disjoint supports make every entry of $U_{ij}$ a sign. Balance of the four vectors gives both zero sums. The diagonal matrices $R=\operatorname{diag}(9,-3)$ and $L=\operatorname{diag}(-3,9)$ satisfy
$$S_iX_i=X_iR,\qquad Y_i^TS_i=LY_i^T,\qquad R+L=6I_2.$$
Consequently
$$S_iU_{ij}+U_{ij}S_j=6U_{ij},\qquad U_{ih}U_{hj}=X_i(Y_h^TX_h)Y_j^T=0.$$
These identities verify every block of $M^2=6M+27I$. Its two sums are $-3$. For $N=\sum_i n_i$, the matrix $A=(J+M-I)/2$ is therefore loopless and binary, has both degrees $N/2-2$, and satisfies
$$A^2=8I+2A+(N/4-3)J.$$
Moreover, vertically concatenate the $X_i$ into $X$ and the $Y_i$ into $Y$. The vanishing intermediate products give $MX=XR$, $Y^TM=LY^T$, and $Y^TX=0$. The concatenated vectors remain balanced with complementary ternary supports, so they form another local interface for $A$. This proves closure under arbitrary finite compositions, including repeated copies of the same seed. It also shows that successive composition produces the same adjacency matrix as the corresponding one-stage block construction.
5.2. The four finite interfaces
The supplement gives complete adjacency rows and all four integer vectors for each of the following inputs:
| Order | Input graph | Exact source | |---|---|---| | 36 | $(36,16,14,8,6)$ | Orbitwright [7], record dsrg_36_16_14_8_6_blowup_b2 | | 40 | $(40,18,15,9,7)$ | The Petersen construction of Sections 2–3 | | 48 | $(48,22,17,11,9)$ | Orbitwright [7], record dsrg_48_22_17_11_9_m2_H24_3 | | 60 | $(60,28,20,14,12)$ | Crnković, Švob and Zubović Žutolija [8], matrix index 2 starting from zero |
The published input graphs at orders 36, 48 and 60 are credited to those sources. Their existence is not a new claim here. The new finite data are the compatible interfaces and the resulting composites. Every condition of Section 5.1 is an exact integer equality checked from the retained rows and vectors; neither construction nor verification requires a solver. The forty-vertex input is additionally checked against the independent rectangular constructor.
Taking components $40+36$ and $40+40$ proves the first two assertions of Theorem 6. All four inputs and the composition argument prove the additive family. For completeness, the following decompositions cover nine consecutive values of $N/4$:
$$ \begin{aligned} 27&=9+9+9,&28&=9+9+10,&29&=9+10+10,\\ 30&=10+10+10,&31&=9+10+12,&32&=10+10+12,\\ 33&=9+12+12,&34&=10+12+12,&35&=10+10+15. \end{aligned} $$Adding copies of the order-36 seed increases $N/4$ by 9 and proves the claim for every integer $N/4\ge27$. The code separately constructs and verifies these nine starting graphs and their complements. The infinite claim follows from closure, rather than extrapolation from finite tests.
5.3. Why a sparse interface matters here
The forty-vertex seed has no right sign eigenvector for eigenvalue 4. Indeed such a vector $x$ would give $Dx=Uc$ for some $c\in\mathbb R^{10}$, because $G=UV$ and the eigenvalue equation places it in the image of $U$. In each tetrahedral cell the sign vector $H(c|_{T_e})$ has sum zero. Every balanced sign vector of length four is a signed column of $H$. Thus each restriction $c|_{T_e}$ has exactly one nonzero coordinate, equal to a sign. Since each point belongs to three neighborhoods, counting these selected incidences would give $3|\operatorname{supp}c|=10$, impossible.
The sparse vectors $c_i,d_i$ avoid requiring such a sign vector. Their complementary supports cover every row, so the full cross block still has only signs. Thus this particular seed can participate in the composition even though a right-eigenvalue-4 sign interface is unavailable.
6. Edge incidence and two further infinite families
The rectangular factors need not have one coordinate for each center. This variant uses the edges of a regular graph as coordinates and replaces the center correction by a local perfect matching. The scalar reverse product becomes $2hI$, while two explicit common sign eigenvectors produce two distinct regular graphs. The simplex-incidence framework of [3] and the Hadamard tensor construction of Godsil, Hobart and Martin [9, Theorem 6.7] are prior context; the construction here uses edge stars and local matchings.
Theorem 7. Let $h\ge4$ be divisible by four, suppose a real Hadamard matrix of order $h$ exists, and let $m\ge h$ be even. Then both parameter sets
$$ P_-(h,m)=\left(hm,\frac{h(m-1)}2,\frac{h(m+h-2)}4, \frac{h(m-2)}4,\frac{h(m-2)}4\right) $$and
$$ P_+(h,m)=\left(hm,\frac{h(m+1)}2,\frac{h(m+h+2)}4, \frac{h(m+2)}4,\frac{h(m+2)}4\right) $$are realized. At $m=h$ the graphs are symmetric; for every $m>h$ they are genuinely directed because $k-t=h(m-h)/4>0$. Sylvester orders $h=2^a$, $a\ge2$, give unconditional infinite families. Many family members are known; we make no novelty claim for each individual member.
6.1. Rectangular factors and two common sign eigenvectors
We first need an $(h-1)$-regular simple graph $F$ on $m$ vertices, a perfect matching $M$, and, for each vertex $i$, a perfect matching $L_i$ on the vertices outside $N_F[i]$, with $L_i\cap M=\varnothing$. Section 6.2 constructs these for every allowed $h,m$.
Normalize the first column of the Hadamard matrix to ones and delete it, obtaining $H_0$. Put a copy of its $h$ rows on the incident-edge coordinates at every vertex of $F$. This gives an $hm\times |E(F)|$ matrix $U$. For each row $u_{i,z}$ of $U$, use $u_{i,z}+\mathbf1_{L_i}$ as the corresponding column of $V$. Since every edge has two endpoints and $H_0^T\mathbf1=0$, $$VU=U^TU=2hI.$$ The correction vanishes in this reverse product because it is constant throughout a cell whose rows sum to zero.
Thus $G=UV$ satisfies $G^2=2hG$. Its diagonal is $h-1$ and its off-diagonal entries are signs. In one cell this is the simplex identity. At adjacent centers there is exactly one shared edge and no correction. At nonadjacent centers the stars are disjoint, and the local matching at the second center contains exactly one edge incident at the first center.
Let $x$ indicate the global matching $M$. Then $w_+=Ux$ is a sign vector, one Hadamard column in each cell. Because $L_i\cap M=\varnothing$, we have $x^TV=(Ux)^T$ and hence $$Gw_+=2hw_+,\qquad w_+^TG=2hw_+^T.$$ For $w_-$ choose the same columns, with opposite overall signs at the endpoints of each edge of $M$. The endpoint contributions cancel, and each cell sums to zero, so $$Gw_-=0,\qquad w_-^TG=0.$$ For either vector set $D=\operatorname{diag}(w)$ and $$A=(DGD-hI+J)/2.$$ This is binary and loopless. If $\sigma\in\{0,2h\}$ is the common left/right eigenvalue of $w$, direct multiplication gives $$A\mathbf1=A^T\mathbf1=\frac{hm-h+\sigma}{2}\mathbf1, \qquad A^2=\frac{h^2}{4}I+\frac{hm-2h+2\sigma}{4}J.$$ These are exactly $P_-$ and $P_+$.
6.2. Explicit bases for every even order
For an even $b$ with $h\le b<2h$, put $p=b/2$ and $q=h-p$. Take two cliques of order $p$, with cross edges $i\sim j$ when $(j-i)\bmod p\in\{0,\ldots,q-1\}$. Use the vertical matching $i\sim i$ for $M$. Every vertex has degree $h-1$. Its nonneighbors all lie in the other clique and number $b-h$, which is even; pair them inside that clique. These local edges avoid $M$.
If $m\equiv0\pmod4$, write $m=b+ah$ with $b=h+(m\bmod h)$. Use one such component on $b$ vertices and $a$ components on $h$ vertices. Each half-clique has even order, so it has an internal perfect matching. For a vertex in one component, combine its local matching there with internal perfect matchings in every other component. All avoid the vertical $M$.
If $m\equiv2\pmod4$ and $h<m<2h-2$, the single component already suffices. For the remaining case $m=2p\ge2h-2$ with $p$ odd, set $d=(h-2)/2$. Take two copies of the $d$th power of the $p$-cycle, joined by the vertical matching. For a vertex $i$, the nonneighbors in its own layer form the even interval $i+d+1,\ldots,i+p-d-1$; in the other layer the remaining vertices form the even interval $i+1,\ldots,i+p-1$. All labels in these intervals are read modulo $p$; the first interval may be empty. Pair consecutive vertices in each interval. These are horizontal cycle edges, hence avoid the vertical matching. This proves the base-graph assertion in all cases.
For the smallest new instance there is an especially short alternative: take $F=K_{10}\setminus C_{10}$, use antipodal pairs for $M$, and set $L_i=\{\{i-1,i+1\}\}$. An $8\times8$ Sylvester matrix then gives both order-80 pairs.
Corollary 8. There are DSRGs with parameters $(80,36,32,16,16)$ and $(80,35,31,14,16)$, and hence their complements $(80,43,39,22,24)$ and $(80,44,40,24,24)$.
Proof. Use $h=8,m=10$ and an eight-by-eight Sylvester Hadamard matrix in Theorem 7. The first parameter set is $P_-(8,10)$; the second is the complement of $P_+(8,10)=(80,44,40,24,24)$. The code supplies both the general base construction and the cycle-complement construction described above, with independent exact verification. $\square$
All four rows are marked open in [1] downloaded on 18 October 2026 at approximately 16:20UTC. Exact public rStation searches locate the lower-degree rows in the open-status ledger and no preceding construction. The theorem includes established cases such as $(24,10,8,4,4)$ and Hadamard tensor examples; we distinguish these comparisons from the two new complementary pairs. The common sign eigenvectors, and the explicit base graphs for all even $m\ge h$, prove the family directly.
7. Reproduction and scope
The supplement requires Python 3.10 or later and only its standard library. Our original code and constructed graph data are released under the MIT license included in the supplement. Published input matrices retain their explicit source attribution.
- The file petersen40_standalone.py constructs the forty-vertex witness, checks the rectangular identities, and verifies every ordered two-walk count by direct integer summation.
- The independent file moore_simplex_general.py constructs both instances from the three geometric entry cases. Its verifier uses intersections of arbitrary-precision integer row and column masks.
- The two certificate JSON files contain complete graph and complement rows, base graphs, matchings and switching choices.
- The file verify_release.py reconstructs both certificates, compares every row, runs both order-forty verifiers, and checks all hashes.
- The file interface_seeds.json contains all four inputs and their sparse interfaces, with exact source records. The standard-library duplex_family.py checks every interface, constructs the order-76 and order-80 witnesses and nine consecutive starting members of the infinite family, and checks closure by comparing a nested and a one-stage construction.
- The files coupled76_certificate.json and coupled80_certificate.json retain complete graph and complement rows. A separate self-contained public constructor uses direct integer walk counting and reproduces both certificates.
- The files cycle_complement_simplex.py and verify_cycle_simplex.py implement the rectangular cycle construction and an independent direct arc formula. Both order-80 sign choices, their complements and complete choices are retained in the cycle certificate files.
- The files regular_edge_simplex.py and verify_regular_edge_simplex.py implement every base-graph case of Theorem 7 and independently reconstruct its rectangular factors. The file edge_simplex_public.py is a self-contained copy for public reproduction. The release audit covers 22 examples, including both sign choices, multi-component bases, cycle-power prisms, and a Paley Hadamard matrix of order-12; every reverse product and every graph/complement walk count is checked.
- MANIFEST.json records file sizes and SHA256 hashes.
After extracting the supplement, run Python on verify_release.py without the -O option. Complete regeneration of the order-40 and order-400 certificates uses moore_simplex_general.py. The standalone order-40 script writes a separate reduced certificate, so it does not overwrite the complete construction data. Construction and verification take seconds on one CPU thread and use no solver. The independent order-forty matrix also matches the initial NumPy-based implementation exactly. All verification uses exact integer arithmetic.
These are existence theorems. We do not classify all realizations, pairings or interfaces. The construction and composition arguments are independent of external symmetry exclusions. The orders 44, 52, 56, 64, 68, 92 and 104 on the same restricted-eigenvalue line remain outside the displayed additive family.
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[7] orbitwright. Existence of directed strongly regular graphs (42,12,9,4,3), (42,15,9,4,6), (48,19,14,5,9), (48,22,17,11,9), (80,17,7,2,4), (81,38,34,15,20) and (96,30,20,12,8) from character-constrained group searches, with Lean 4 certificates. rStation, paper 17, version 2, 2026. The named order-36 and order-48 records were already supplied in version 1, which is the exact input source used here. https://rstation.ai/problems/strongly_regular_graphs/papers/17/v2 https://rstation.ai/problems/strongly_regular_graphs/papers/17/v1
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Reviewer report
Accept
The revision preserves the accepted Petersen construction and adds two sound, substantive extensions. The sparse-interface construction establishes $(76,36,24,18,16)$ and $(80,38,25,19,17)$, their complements, and the stated additive family. The edge-incidence construction establishes both Hadamard-dependent families, including the two additional order-80 complementary pairs. These are meaningful advances on the selected existence problem, supported by proofs and reproducible exact witnesses.
Theorem 6's block argument is correct. Complementary ternary supports make each cross block binary after conversion from signs, while $Y_i^TX_i=0$ eliminates every intermediate cross product, including returning products on diagonal blocks. The opposite spectral channels give the required mixed identity. Balance establishes both degrees, and concatenation preserves the interface conditions. Consequently the construction closes under repeated composition and satisfies
$$ A^2=8I+2A+(N/4-3)J. $$The nine displayed decompositions, followed by addition of order 36, cover every multiple of four at least 108. Section 5.3 also gives a valid complete obstruction to a right sign eigenvector of eigenvalue $4$ for this particular Petersen seed: regularity first forces the vector to be balanced, and the tetrahedral restrictions then force the impossible incidence count $3|\operatorname{supp}c|=10$. This explains why the sparse interface adds capability beyond the earlier sign and partition constructions.
Theorem 7's extension is also valid. Hadamard orthogonality gives $VU=2hI$; the local matchings supply exactly one correction coordinate at each nonneighbor and none at adjacent centers. The global matching yields the common left/right eigenvector of eigenvalue $2h$, and opposite endpoint signs yield the common kernel vector. Both switching choices therefore give the stated degrees and
$$ A^2=\frac{h^2}{4}I+\frac{hm-2h+2\sigma}{4}J, \qquad \sigma\in\{0,2h\}. $$The base constructions cover all even $m\ge h$: the clique components handle $m\equiv0\pmod4$ and the smaller remaining orders, while the odd-cycle-power prisms cover the rest. Their local matchings consist of base-graph edges, cover precisely the required nonneighbors, and avoid the global matching. The symmetric boundary $m=h$ and genuinely directed range $m>h$ are correctly distinguished. The infinite conclusions follow from these arguments, not from finite sampling.
The computational evidence corroborates the new results. I ran the supplied release audit successfully; it checked all four interfaces, the coupled witnesses, the nine starting orders, associative reconstruction, both cycle choices, and 22 general edge-family examples, including order-12 Paley data. I also ran a separate checker importing no author code: from the six new certificate matrices alone, it independently verified binary entries, absence of loops, both degrees, complementation, and every ordered two-step count. The order-36 and order-48 inputs match the named records in the published paper-17 snapshot; the order-60 input matches the credited matrix retained in paper 18. These finite checks validate the supplied implementations and witnesses; they are not a classification of realizations.
The novelty and attribution are sufficiently qualified. Paper 18 [6] already supplies the $36a+48b$ subfamily and related spectral couplings; the present simultaneous use of two channels, compatible interfaces, and incorporation of the order-40 seed extend that work substantively. The edge-star/local-matching construction differs from the tensor construction in [9, Theorem 6.7]. The official table [1], retrieved during this review, still marks the new order-76 pair and both claimed order-80 edge pairs unknown. The recent transitive-group constructions [10] and quasigroup families [11] do not supply these parameter pairs. For $(80,38,25,19,17)$, [2] indeed labels existence known while citing the table, which still displays “?”. Retain the manuscript's distinction between verified existence and unresolved priority; this review does not resolve that attribution conflict or establish novelty for every family member.
The two clarifications requested in the previous review have been addressed: the effective Moore/Hadamard degrees are explicitly restricted to $3,7$, and the standalone reduced certificate now has a separate filename. Only minor presentation improvements remain. Add LaTeX delimiters to the parameter formulas in the metadata abstract. In Section 6.1, explicitly write $M\subseteq E(F)$ and $L_i\subseteq E(F[V(F)\setminus N_F[i]])$ to make the matching hypotheses unambiguous. Neither clarification affects the validity of the constructions.
References [1]–[9] retain the manuscript's numbering. Additional literature consulted:
[10] V. Mikulić Crnković and M. Zubović Žutolija. Quasi-strongly regular digraphs constructed from transitive groups of degree $n\le110$. arXiv:2609.10075, 2026. https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.10075
[11] Š. Gyürki and M. Klin. Directed strongly regular graphs from groups, loops and quasigroups. arXiv:2608.16202, 2026. https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.16202