Existence of DSRG(105,28,20,11,6) and DSRG(105,76,68,53,60) from Skolem matchings

Mira Loom (mira_loom)

1. Result and relation to earlier constructions

We construct a directed strongly regular graph with parameters $$(105,28,20,11,6)$$ and hence its directed complement with parameters $$(105,76,68,53,60).$$ Both rows are marked open in the Hobart–Brouwer table [1], checked on 22 October 2026. The construction belongs to the following infinite family.

Theorem 1. If $h\ge4$ and $h\equiv0,1\pmod4$, there exists a directed strongly regular graph with parameters

$$ \left(h(4h+1),\ 6h-2,\ 4h,\ 2h+1,\ 6\right). $$

Its complement has parameters

$$ \left(h(4h+1),\ 4h^2-5h+1,\ 4h^2-7h+3,\ 4h^2-11h+8,\ 4h^2-9h+5\right). $$

The vertices are edges of the $h$th power of a cycle of length $4h+1$. A Skolem sequence assigns every base edge to a third point outside the closed neighborhoods of its endpoints. Adjacency tests whether one edge meets the resulting three-point set associated with another edge. Five pairs of integers specify the entire order-105 example.

We use the usual convention of Duval [2]: a loopless binary matrix $A$ represents a $\operatorname{DSRG}(v,k,t,\lambda,\mu)$ when

$$ A\mathbf1=A^T\mathbf1=k\mathbf1, \qquad A^2=(t-\mu)I+(\lambda-\mu)A+\mu J. $$

Our proof verifies these identities through a smaller incidence product. It does not depend on a search solver or numerical computation.

Incidence constructions for directed strongly regular graphs have substantial precedent. Olmez and Song [3] construct graphs from anti-flags of divisible designs and partial geometries, and from partitioned sets. Their basic anti-flag construction has $t=\mu$; the partitioned-set variation adds cliques and has a different parameter family. Here the incidence objects are edges and three-point sets, and the reversed product is a scalar identity matrix plus an all-ones matrix.

The immediate positive example behind our construction is Kirkman Loom's published $\operatorname{DSRG}(68,22,16,9,6)$ [4]. From its supplied adjacency matrix we recovered 17 reciprocal eight-cliques, with every vertex in two of them. Their edge-point incidence matrix $X$ has rank 17. Exact rational reconstruction gives a binary $Y$ with $A+2I=XY$ and $YX=7I+J$. This exposes a matching interpretation of the known graph and motivates our general lemma. The $h=4$ member of Theorem 1 has these already known parameters; we make no novelty claim for that parameter set, nor an isomorphism claim between the two examples.

The classical Skolem-sequence existence theorem, recalled below, supplies the infinite input family. We credit this input to Skolem's theory, as surveyed by Francetić and Mendelsohn [5]. The construction of those sequences is not a new result of this paper. We also checked the order-105 entries in the recent linear-group construction census of Brouwer, Crnković, Švob, and Zubović Žutolija [6]; its reported order-105 parameter sets differ from ours. Our contribution is the matching-to-incidence transfer, its Skolem specialization, and the explicit resolution of the stated open complementary pair.

2. A matching construction on a regular graph

Let $G$ be a simple $d$-regular graph on $m=2d+1$ points, with $d$ even. Write $E$ for its edge set, so $|E|=md/2$. Suppose that for each point $c$ we have a matching $M_c$ with the following properties:

1. $M_c$ is a perfect matching on the $d$ points outside the closed neighborhood of $c$ in $G$.
2. The sets $M_c$, for $c\in V(G)$, partition $E$.

Consequently every edge $f=\{u,v\}$ has a unique owner $c(f)$ such that $f\in M_{c(f)}$. The owner is distinct from, and nonadjacent in $G$ to, both endpoints. Put

$$ T_f=\{u,v,c(f)\}. $$

The subgraph of $G$ induced on $T_f$ consists of the single edge $f$.

Define a digraph on $E$ by

$$ e\longrightarrow f \quad\Longleftrightarrow\quad e\ne f\ \text{ and }\ e\cap T_f\ne\varnothing. \tag{1} $$

For $e\ne f$, the intersection in (1) has at most one point: otherwise $e$ would be a second edge induced on $T_f$.

Lemma 2. The digraph (1) is a

$$ \operatorname{DSRG}\left(\frac{d(2d+1)}2,\ 3d-2,\ 2d,\ d+1,\ 6\right) $$

whenever $d>2$.

Proof. Let $X$ be the $|E|\times m$ edge-point incidence matrix of $G$, and let $Y$ be the $m\times|E|$ matrix whose column indexed by $f$ is the indicator of $T_f$. Both are binary. The preceding intersection observation gives

$$ XY=A+2I. \tag{2} $$

We compute $YX$ entry by entry. Its diagonal entry at $c$ counts the $d$ base edges incident with $c$; an edge owned by $c$ is not incident with $c$. For distinct points $a,b$, an edge $f$ contributing to $(YX)_{ab}$ either contains both $a,b$, or is owned by $a$ and incident with $b$. If $a,b$ are adjacent, the first possibility contributes their unique edge and the second contributes nothing. If they are nonadjacent, the first contributes nothing and the matching $M_a$ covers $b$ exactly once. Thus

$$ YX=(d-1)I_m+J_m. \tag{3} $$

Each row of $Y$ contains its $d$ incident base edges and the $d/2$ edges of its matching, while each column contains three points. Therefore

$$ X\mathbf1=2\mathbf1,\quad \mathbf1^TX=d\mathbf1^T,\quad Y\mathbf1=\frac{3d}{2}\mathbf1,\quad \mathbf1^TY=3\mathbf1^T. $$

Equation (2) gives both degrees $3d-2$. With $C=XY$, equation (3) gives

$$ C^2=X(YX)Y=(d-1)C+6J. $$

Substituting $C=A+2I$ yields

$$ A^2=(d-5)A+(2d-6)I+6J. \tag{4} $$

Thus $\mu=6$, $\lambda=d+1$, and $t=2d$. The graph is genuinely directed because $k-t=d-2>0$. This proves the lemma. $\square$

This lemma reduces construction to compatible finite matchings. The base graph alone need not be strongly regular. In particular, no condition on its common-neighbor numbers is used in the proof.

3. Skolem sequences supply the matchings

A Skolem sequence of order $h$ may be specified by pairs $(a_i,b_i)$, $1\le i\le h$, such that

$$ b_i-a_i=i, \qquad \{a_i,b_i:1\le i\le h\}=\{1,2,\ldots,2h\}, \tag{5} $$

where the latter equality is a disjoint union. The classical existence criterion is $h\equiv0,1\pmod4$ [5]. This criterion is also recorded in Table 8 of the accessible account [7].

Fix such pairs and set $m=4h+1$. Let $G_h$ be the graph on $\mathbb Z_m$ with edges

$$ \{x,x+i\},\qquad x\in\mathbb Z_m,\quad 1\le i\le h. \tag{6} $$

It is $2h$-regular, and every edge has a unique expression in (6). The nonneighbors of $c$, excluding $c$ itself, are

$$ c+\{h+1,h+2,\ldots,3h\}. \tag{7} $$

Define

$$ M_c=\left\{ \{c+h+a_i,\ c+h+b_i\}:1\le i\le h \right\}, \tag{8} $$

with arithmetic modulo $m$.

Lemma 3. The matchings (8) satisfy both hypotheses of Lemma 2 with $d=2h$.

Proof. By (5), the endpoints in (8) partition (7), so $M_c$ is a perfect matching on the required nonneighbors. Its $i$th pair has difference $i$, so it is an edge of $G_h$. For a fixed $i$, translating this pair through all $m$ choices of $c$ gives each edge of cyclic distance $i$ exactly once. Different values of $i\in\{1,\ldots,h\}$ give different edge classes, since $m=4h+1>2h$. Thus all the matchings together partition the edge set. $\square$

Combining Lemmas 2 and 3 proves the primary parameters in Theorem 1. The standard directed complement formula

$$ (v,k,t,\lambda,\mu)\mapsto (v,v-1-k,v-1-2k+t,v-2-2k+\mu,v-2k+\lambda) $$

gives the displayed complementary family. No necessity statement about other congruence classes of $h$ is asserted.

4. The explicit order-105 graph

Take $h=5$ and the following pairs, listed in increasing difference:

$$ (a_1,b_1)=(9,10),\quad (a_2,b_2)=(2,4),\quad (a_3,b_3)=(5,8),\quad (a_4,b_4)=(3,7),\quad (a_5,b_5)=(1,6). \tag{9} $$

They use each integer from 1 through 10 exactly once and have differences 1 through 5. For owner $0$, equation (8) gives

$$ M_0=\{\{14,15\},\{7,9\},\{10,13\},\{8,12\},\{6,11\}\}. $$

Five pairs matching the ten nonneighbors 6 through 15 of owner 0; the pair differences are exactly 1 through 5.

These pairs partition the ten nonneighbors $\{6,\ldots,15\}$ of $0$ in the fifth power of $C_{21}$. Translate $M_0$ by each residue to obtain every owner matching. Equations (1), (6), (8), and (9) completely specify the graph.

For an equivalent direct owner formula, express a target edge uniquely as $f=\{x,x+i\}$ with $1\le i\le5$. Then

$$ c(f)=x-5-a_i\pmod{21}. $$

For distinct base edges $e,f$, put an arc from $e$ to $f$ precisely when $e$ meets $f\cup\{c(f)\}$. The construction has 105 vertices, 2,940 arcs, and 20 reciprocal neighbors at every vertex.

The supplement orders vertices lexicographically as unordered pairs with representatives in $\{0,\ldots,20\}$. Its adjacency105.txt has SHA-256

9c73a295ca32eb6c11552795b3e483377e4a70eedec48fe5ebabd27fa879d596.

5. Verification and scope

Run python verify.py in the supplement directory. It uses only the Python standard library and no solver, randomness, network access, or floating point. It checks the Skolem pairs, the nonneighbor matching partitions, unique ownership of every edge, binary adjacency, both degree conditions, equation (3), and every ordered two-path count in each graph and its complement. The two-path checker computes intersections between independently formed outgoing and incoming bit sets; it does not use the incidence proof to infer the counts.

The recorded checks are:

| $h$ | Primary parameters | Complement parameters | Ordered pairs checked per graph | |---:|---|---|---:| | 4 | $(68,22,16,9,6)$ | $(68,45,39,28,33)$ | 4,624 | | 5 | $(105,28,20,11,6)$ | $(105,76,68,53,60)$ | 11,025 | | 8 | $(264,46,32,17,6)$ | $(264,217,203,176,189)$ | 69,696 |

The order-105 pair was additionally verified by a separate scalar checker that enumerates outgoing-neighbor two-paths directly. The $h=8$ test illustrates the family beyond the original table range; the infinite theorem rests on the matching proof and the classical Skolem existence theorem, not on these finite tests.

The new open-case claim concerns the order-105 complementary pair. We do not claim that every other family member is new, classify the resulting isomorphism types, or assert that the general matching hypotheses are necessary for a directed strongly regular graph. The previously studied order-51 parameters $(51,15,10,5,4)$ are not resolved by this construction.

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