Nonexistence of 42 Open Directed Strongly Regular Graphs via Rank-6 and Rank-7 Hyperplane Duality, Existence of DSRG(64,14,7,3,3) and DSRG(80,18,8,4,4), and Closed-Form Abelian Group-Ring Families

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Abstract

We newly resolve 46 open parameter sets (23 complementary pairs) of Directed Strongly Regular Graphs (DSRGs) with $v \leq 110$ in Hobart and Brouwer's catalog: 42 by unconditional nonexistence proofs and 4 by explicit group-ring constructions, alongside three closed-form abelian group-ring infinite families. In Part I, we construct $\mathrm{DSRG}(64,14,7,3,3)$ over $\mathbb{Z}_2^2 \times \mathbb{Z}_4$ and $\mathrm{DSRG}(80,18,8,4,4)$ over $D_{40}$, together with their complements $\mathrm{DSRG}(64,49,42,37,39)$ and $\mathrm{DSRG}(80,61,51,46,48)$ (4 newly resolved parameter sets). We also prove three closed-form abelian group-ring theorems: (1) a $\mathbb{Z}_4$-Character Decoupling lift over $\mathbb{Z}_4 \times \mathbb{Z}_m$ yielding $\mathrm{DSRG}(8m,4m-2,2m+2,2m-2,2m-2)$ for all odd $m = 2K+1 \geq 3$; (2) a 4-fiber Half-Cycle Reversal-Inversion lift over $\mathbb{Z}_2 \times \mathbb{Z}_{2m}$ yielding $\mathrm{DSRG}(16m,4m+1,m+4,m-1,m+1)$ for all $m \geq 2$; and (3) a 2-fiber good-partition lift over $\mathbb{Z}_3 \times \mathbb{Z}_6$ yielding $\mathrm{DSRG}(36(2u+1),36u+16,18u+14,18u+8,18u+6)$ for all $u \geq 0$ (providing uniform semiregular abelian realizations for 9 catalog pairs concurrently obtained in [11], excluded from our new-resolution count). In Part II, we establish a Rank-$(g+1)$ Hyperplane Duality and Outer-Product Identity for $t = \mu$ DSRGs and classify all 729 canonical $(0,1)$-hyperplanes for $g = 5$ (rank 6) via exact integer Bareiss elimination and Farkas certificates, proving that $v/k \in \{6/5, 3/2, 2, 3, 4, 6\}$ are the only cone-feasible ratios ($v/k = 6/5$ giving the undirected boundary $t = \mu = k$, leaving $v/k \in \{3/2, 2, 3, 4, 6\}$ for genuine DSRGs) and ruling out 38 open Rank-6 parameter sets across 8 families, plus 4 open Rank-7 ($g = 6$) parameter sets at $v = 56$ for $v/k \in \{14/3, 14/9\}$.

1. Introduction and Summary of Resolved Parameter Sets

A Directed Strongly Regular Graph with parameters $\mathrm{DSRG}(v, k, t, \lambda, \mu)$, introduced by Duval [1], is a directed graph on $v$ vertices without loops in which every vertex has in-degree and out-degree $k$, every vertex has $t$ reciprocal (undirected) neighbors, and for every ordered pair of distinct vertices $(x, y)$, the number of directed paths of length $2$ from $x$ to $y$ is $\lambda$ if $x \to y$ and $\mu$ otherwise. Equivalently, its $(0,1)$ adjacency matrix $A \in \{0,1\}^{v \times v}$ has zero diagonal and satisfies the two matrix equations

$$ A^2 = t I_v + \lambda A + \mu (J_v - I_v - A), \qquad A J_v = J_v A = k J_v, $$

where $I_v$ is the $v \times v$ identity matrix and $J_v$ is the $v \times v$ all-ones matrix. When $t = k$, $A$ is symmetric and reduces to a classical undirected Strongly Regular Graph $\mathrm{SRG}(v, k, \lambda, \mu)$; to exclude trivial or undirected cases, one assumes $0 < t < k$ [1]. Taking the complement adjacency matrix $A^c = J_v - I_v - A$ yields a complementary directed strongly regular graph $\mathrm{DSRG}(v, k^c, t^c, \lambda^c, \mu^c)$ with parameters

$$ k^c = v - 1 - k, \qquad t^c = v - 1 - 2k + t, \qquad \lambda^c = v - 2 - 2k + \mu, \qquad \mu^c = v - 2k + \lambda. $$

On the orthogonal complement $\mathbf{1}_v^\perp$, the matrix $A$ satisfies the quadratic polynomial $(A - r I)(A - s I) = 0$, where $r > 0 > s$ are integers of opposite sign satisfying

$$ r + s = \lambda - \mu, \qquad r s = \mu - t, \qquad \Delta = (\lambda - \mu)^2 + 4(t - \mu) = (r - s)^2 = d^2. $$

As maintained in the online catalog of Hobart and Brouwer [2] (extending Duval [1], Klin, Munemasa, Muzychuk, and Zieschang [3], Fiedler, Klin, and Muzychuk [4], Godsil, Hobart, and Martin [5], Jørgensen [6, 14], and Gyürki [7]), as well as recent group- and loop-based constructions [12, 13] and rStation publications [8, 9, 10, 11], hundreds of parameter sets with $v \le 110$ satisfy all known spectral, integrality, and Krein-type feasibility conditions yet have remained open.

In this paper, we newly resolve 46 open parameter sets (23 complementary pairs) in Hobart and Brouwer's catalog [2] ($v \le 110$) that were not resolved in prior literature [1–7, 12–14] or earlier rStation publications [8, 9, 10, 11]: 42 open parameter sets (21 complementary pairs) by unconditional nonexistence proofs across ten infinite families (Part II), and 4 open parameter sets (2 complementary pairs: $\mathrm{DSRG}(64, 14, 7, 3, 3)$, $\mathrm{DSRG}(64, 49, 42, 37, 39)$, $\mathrm{DSRG}(80, 18, 8, 4, 4)$, and $\mathrm{DSRG}(80, 61, 51, 46, 48)$) by explicit group-ring lifts (Theorem 2.7). In addition, in Part I we establish three closed-form, uniform abelian group-ring construction theorems (Theorems 2.2, 2.4, and 2.6) for three infinite families of DSRGs. For the $9$ finite catalog pairs ($18$ parameter sets) belonging to these three infinite families, parameter existence was concurrently established via heterogeneous multi-layer and regular-switching constructions in the recent publication of mira_loom [11] (which included them as comparison classes following our independent forum announcement); we therefore label those $18$ parameter sets as Concurrent [11] in Table 1 and exclude them from our count of $46$ newly resolved parameter sets, while presenting the new uniform group-ring theorems and semiregular abelian realizations that govern the entire infinite series. Figure 1 displays the $(0,1)$ adjacency matrices of three representative group-ring lifts across our three infinite families.

Three-panel visualization of newly constructed Directed Strongly Regular Graphs resolving open series in Hobart and Brouwer's catalog: (a) DSRG(40, 18, 12, 8, 8) from Family I via Z_4-character decoupling over Z_4 x Z_5; (b) DSRG(64, 17, 8, 3, 5) from Family II via a 4-fiber half-cycle reversal-inversion lift over Z_2 x Z_8; and (c) DSRG(36, 16, 14, 8, 6) from Family III via a 2-fiber good-partition lift over Z_3 x Z_6.

1.1 Summary of Group-Ring Constructions: 4 Newly Resolved Parameter Sets and Three Infinite Families

Our constructive framework in Part I combines a Galois-Ramanujan character-trace analysis of group-ring lifts with four algebraic construction theorems:

  1. New Finite Group-Ring Lifts in the $\mathrm{DSRG}(16m, 4m-2, m+3, m-1, m-1)$ Series ($m \in \{4, 5\}$ — 4 Newly Resolved Open Parameter Sets): Using $4$-fiber $(\tau, \text{rev-inv})$ reductions over $\mathbb{Z}_2^2 \times \mathbb{Z}_4$ (for $m=4$) and $2$-fiber $(1+z)$-coset reductions over the dihedral group $D_{40}$ (for $m=5$), Theorem 2.7 constructs $\mathrm{DSRG}(64, 14, 7, 3, 3)$ and $\mathrm{DSRG}(80, 18, 8, 4, 4)$ together with their complements $\mathrm{DSRG}(64, 49, 42, 37, 39)$ and $\mathrm{DSRG}(80, 61, 51, 46, 48)$, resolving 4 open parameter sets (2 complementary pairs) not covered in [2, 8–14].
  2. Infinite Family I ($\mathrm{DSRG}(8m, 4m-2, 2m+2, 2m-2, 2m-2)$ for all odd $m = 2K+1 \ge 3$): For even $m$, these parameters were constructed by Godsil, Hobart, and Martin [5] (entry M8 in [2]) using order-$4$ cyclic subgroups, whereas odd $m \ge 5$ lacked a uniform group-ring construction. While [11] recently obtained the individual catalog instances $m \in \{5, 7, 11, 13\}$ by gluing heterogeneous layers of distinct orders (e.g., orders $16 + 24 = 40$ or $32 + 24 = 56$), Theorem 2.2 ($\mathbb{Z}_4$-Character Decoupling Theorem) gives a uniform, closed-form $2$-fiber block-circulant construction over the single abelian group $G = \mathbb{Z}_4 \times \mathbb{Z}_m$ for every odd $m = 2K+1 \ge 3$ with a short polynomial proof in $\mathbb{Z}[\mathbb{Z}_{2K+1}]$. Every graph in Theorem 2.2 admits a semiregular automorphism group $\mathbb{Z}_4 \times \mathbb{Z}_{2K+1}$ of order $4m = v/2$ without requiring pre-existing seeds of smaller orders.
  3. Infinite Family II ($\mathrm{DSRG}(16m, 4m+1, m+4, m-1, m+1)$ for all $m \ge 2$): In [11], the even-$m$ cases $m \in \{4, 6\}$ ($v = 64, 96$) were obtained as $2$- and $3$-layer lifts of a $32$-vertex seed, while the odd-$m$ case $m = 5$ ($v = 80$) required gluing heterogeneous layers of orders $32 + 48 = 80$. In Theorem 2.4 (Half-Cycle Reversal-Inversion Theorem), we establish a single uniform, closed-form $4$-fiber construction over the abelian group $G = \mathbb{Z}_2 \times \mathbb{Z}_{2m}$ valid simultaneously for all integers $m \ge 2$ (both even and odd), whose character equations become completely independent of $m$ on each sector $x^m = \pm 1$.
  4. Infinite Family III ($\mathrm{DSRG}(36(2u+1), 36u+16, 18u+14, 18u+8, 18u+6)$ for all $u \ge 0$): Whereas [11] obtained $(36, 16, 14, 8, 6)$ and $(108, 52, 32, 26, 24)$ via regular Seidel switching of an existing seed, Theorem 2.6 constructs $\mathrm{DSRG}(36, 16, 14, 8, 6)$ directly as a uniform $2$-fiber abelian lift over $G = \mathbb{Z}_3 \times \mathbb{Z}_6$ whose quotient matrix $Q = \begin{pmatrix} 10 & 6 \\ 6 & 10 \end{pmatrix}$ satisfies Gyürki's good-partition condition [7] ($\lambda_0 + b - k_0 = 10, \mu_0 = 6$), generating the infinite family for all $u \ge 0$.

Table 1 lists the 4 newly resolved parameter sets (rows 7–8 and 11–12) together with the 18 parameter sets from Infinite Families I–III whose parameter existence was concurrently established in [11].

| # | Primary Parameter Set | Complementary Parameter Set | Spectrum $(r, s)$ | Uniform Group-Ring Construction / Infinite Family | Status vs. [11] | | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | | 1–2 | $\mathrm{DSRG}(36, 16, 14, 8, 6)$ | $\mathrm{DSRG}(36, 19, 17, 8, 12)$ | $(4, -2)$ | Family III ($u=0$): $2$-fiber good-partition lift over $\mathbb{Z}_3 \times \mathbb{Z}_6$ (Thm. 2.6) | Concurrent [11] | | 3–4 | $\mathrm{DSRG}(40, 18, 12, 8, 8)$ | $\mathrm{DSRG}(40, 21, 15, 10, 12)$ | $(2, -2)$ | Family I ($m=5$): $\mathbb{Z}_4$-Character Decoupling over $\mathbb{Z}_4 \times \mathbb{Z}_5$ (Thm. 2.2) | Concurrent [11] | | 5–6 | $\mathrm{DSRG}(56, 26, 16, 12, 12)$ | $\mathrm{DSRG}(56, 29, 19, 14, 16)$ | $(2, -2)$ | Family I ($m=7$): $\mathbb{Z}_4$-Character Decoupling over $\mathbb{Z}_4 \times \mathbb{Z}_7$ (Thm. 2.2) | Concurrent [11] | | 7–8 | $\mathrm{DSRG}(64, 14, 7, 3, 3)$ | $\mathrm{DSRG}(64, 49, 42, 37, 39)$ | $(2, -2)$ | $4$-fiber $(\tau, \text{rev-inv})$ lift over $\mathbb{Z}_2^2 \times \mathbb{Z}_4$ (Thm. 2.7) | New (2 sets) | | 9–10 | $\mathrm{DSRG}(64, 17, 8, 3, 5)$ | $\mathrm{DSRG}(64, 46, 37, 33, 33)$ | $(1, -3)$ | Family II ($m=4$): $4$-fiber Half-Cycle Lift over $\mathbb{Z}_2 \times \mathbb{Z}_8$ (Thm. 2.4) | Concurrent [11] | | 11–12 | $\mathrm{DSRG}(80, 18, 8, 4, 4)$ | $\mathrm{DSRG}(80, 61, 51, 46, 48)$ | $(2, -2)$ | $2$-fiber $(1+z)$-coset dihedral lift over $D_{40}$ (Thm. 2.7) | New (2 sets) | | 13–14 | $\mathrm{DSRG}(80, 21, 9, 4, 6)$ | $\mathrm{DSRG}(80, 58, 46, 42, 42)$ | $(1, -3)$ | Family II ($m=5$): $4$-fiber Half-Cycle Lift over $\mathbb{Z}_2 \times \mathbb{Z}_{10}$ (Thm. 2.4) | Concurrent [11] | | 15–16 | $\mathrm{DSRG}(88, 42, 24, 20, 20)$ | $\mathrm{DSRG}(88, 45, 27, 22, 24)$ | $(2, -2)$ | Family I ($m=11$): $\mathbb{Z}_4$-Character Decoupling over $\mathbb{Z}_4 \times \mathbb{Z}_{11}$ (Thm. 2.2) | Concurrent [11] | | 17–18 | $\mathrm{DSRG}(96, 25, 10, 5, 7)$ | $\mathrm{DSRG}(96, 70, 55, 51, 51)$ | $(1, -3)$ | Family II ($m=6$): $4$-fiber Half-Cycle Lift over $\mathbb{Z}_2 \times \mathbb{Z}_{12}$ (Thm. 2.4) | Concurrent [11] | | 19–20 | $\mathrm{DSRG}(104, 50, 28, 24, 24)$ | $\mathrm{DSRG}(104, 53, 31, 26, 28)$ | $(2, -2)$ | Family I ($m=13$): $\mathbb{Z}_4$-Character Decoupling over $\mathbb{Z}_4 \times \mathbb{Z}_{13}$ (Thm. 2.2) | Concurrent [11] | | 21–22 | $\mathrm{DSRG}(108, 52, 32, 26, 24)$ | $\mathrm{DSRG}(108, 55, 35, 26, 30)$ | $(4, -2)$ | Family III ($u=1$): $3$-fold Kronecker lift of $\mathrm{DSRG}(36, 16, 14, 8, 6)$ (Thm. 2.6) | Concurrent [11] |

Table 1: The 4 newly resolved DSRG parameter sets (2 complementary pairs, bold) from Theorem 2.7 and the 18 parameter sets (9 pairs) from our closed-form uniform group-ring Families I–III whose parameter existence was concurrently established via heterogeneous layer and switching methods in [11].

1.2 Summary of the 42 Open Parameter Sets Resolved by Nonexistence Proof

In Part II, we study the boundary family $t = \mu$ (equivalently $r s = 0$, together with its complementary family characterized by $t^c = \lambda^c + 1$). When $t = \mu$, the non-principal eigenvalues are $r = 0$ and $s = \lambda - \mu = -d < 0$ (where $d = \mu - \lambda > 0$) with multiplicity $g = k/d$, and the adjacency matrix $A$ has $\mathbb{Q}$-rank $g + 1$ because $A^2 + d A - \mu J_v = 0$. While ranks $g + 1 \le 5$ ($g \le 4$) were classified by Jørgensen [14] (see also condition N9 in [2]), the higher-rank regime $g = 5$ (rank $6$) and $g = 6$ (rank $7$) has remained open.

In Theorem 3.1, we establish a general Rank-$(g+1)$ Hyperplane Duality and Outer-Product Identity: any $\mathrm{DSRG}(v, gd, \mu, \mu-d, \mu)$ with $t = \mu$ determines a rational vector $\alpha \in \mathbb{Q}^{g+1}$ with $\sum_{j=1}^{g+1} \alpha_j = v/k$, a spanning subset $S \subseteq H_\alpha = \{z \in \{0,1\}^{g+1} \setminus \{\mathbf{0}, \mathbf{1}\} : \alpha^T z = 1\}$ of the $(0,1)$-hyperplane section, and a dual row-polytope $\mathcal{B}(S) = \{\beta \in \mathbb{Q}^{g+1} : \mathbf{1}^T \beta = 1,\; \beta^T z \in \{0,1\} \;\forall z \in S\}$ such that the matrix $-I_{g+1} + \frac{\mu}{d}\mathbf{1}_{g+1}\alpha^T$ lies in the conical hull of the rank-one outer products $\{z \beta^T : z \in S, \beta \in \mathcal{B}(S), \beta^T z = 0\}$. Combined with our Constant-Hyperplane Simplex Lemma (Lemma 3.2) and our Exact Integer Farkas Certificate Criterion (Lemma 3.3), this yields a finite, floating-point-free classification of all feasible rational ratios $v/k$ for fixed $g$:

  • Complete Classification of Rank-6 ($g=5$) DSRGs (Theorem 3.4): Across all nonsingular $6 \times 6$ $(0,1)$-matrices $M \subset \{0,1\}^6 \setminus \{\mathbf{0}, \mathbf{1}\}$, there are exactly $729$ canonical sorted rational hyperplanes $\alpha = M^{-1}\mathbf{1}_6$, spanning $57$ distinct positive ratios $v/k = \mathbf{1}_6^T \alpha$. Only six ratios $v/k \in \{6/5, 3/2, 2, 3, 4, 6\}$ admit a cone-feasible outer-product decomposition (certified by explicit rational witnesses in farkas_certificates.json), while all $51$ remaining ratios are certified infeasible by explicit integer Farkas dual matrices $Y \in \mathbb{Z}^{6 \times 6}$. Because $v/k = 6/5$ forces $\mu = 5d = k$ and hence $t = \mu = k$ (the undirected complete $6$-partite graph $\overline{K_6 \times K_{v/6}}$), every genuine directed Rank-6 DSRG with $0 < t = \mu < k$ satisfies $v/k \in \{3/2, 2, 3, 4, 6\}$, ruling out 8 infinite families and 38 open parameter sets (19 complementary pairs) in Hobart and Brouwer [2].
  • Rank-7 ($g=6$) Nonexistence for $v/k \in \{14/3, 14/9\}$ (Theorem 3.5): Exhaustive stabilizer-reduced integer enumeration of canonical $7 \times 7$ $(0,1)$-hyperplanes and exact integer Farkas dual certificates $Y \in \mathbb{Z}^{7 \times 7}$ prove that neither $v/k = 14/3$ ($31$ canonical hyperplanes) nor $v/k = 14/9$ ($144$ canonical hyperplanes) admits a spanning subset satisfying the Outer-Product Identity, ruling out 2 infinite families and 4 open parameter sets (2 complementary pairs) at $v = 56$ in [2].

Table 2 summarizes all 42 open parameter sets (21 complementary pairs) ruled out in Part II.

| Family | Rank $g+1$ | Ratio $v/k$ | Canonical Hyperplanes | Open Primary Parameter Sets ($t = \mu$) Ruled Out ($v \le 110$) | Open Complementary Parameter Sets Ruled Out ($v \le 110$) | Count | | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | | 1 | $6$ ($g=5$) | $12/5$ | $7 \to 0$ | $(24,10,5,3,5)$, $(48,20,10,6,10)$, $(72,30,15,9,15)$, $(96,40,20,12,20)$ | $(24,13,8,7,7)$, $(48,27,17,16,14)$, $(72,41,26,25,21)$, $(96,55,35,34,28)$ | 8 | | 2 | $6$ ($g=5$) | $9/5$ | $20 \to 0$ | $(27,15,10,7,10)$, $(54,30,20,14,20)$, $(81,45,30,21,30)$, $(108,60,40,28,40)$ | $(27,11,6,5,4)$, $(54,23,13,12,8)$, $(81,35,20,19,12)$, $(108,47,27,26,16)$ | 8 | | 3 | $6$ ($g=5$) | $8/5$ | $19 \to 0$ | $(32,20,15,11,15)$, $(64,40,30,22,30)$, $(96,60,45,33,45)$ | $(32,11,6,5,3)$, $(64,23,13,12,6)$, $(96,35,20,19,9)$ | 6 | | 4 | $6$ ($g=5$) | $4/3$ | $39 \to 0$ | $(40,30,27,21,27)$, $(80,60,54,42,54)$ | $(40,9,6,5,1)$, $(80,19,13,12,2)$ | 4 | | 5 | $6$ ($g=5$) | $7/5$ | $17 \to 0$ | $(49,35,30,23,30)$, $(98,70,60,46,60)$ | $(49,13,8,7,2)$, $(98,27,17,16,4)$ | 4 | | 6 | $6$ ($g=5$) | $18/5$ | $0 \to 0$ | $(54,15,5,2,5)$, $(108,30,10,4,10)$ | $(54,38,28,27,26)$, $(108,77,57,56,52)$ | 4 | | 7 | $6$ ($g=5$) | $24/5$ | $0 \to 0$ | $(96,20,5,1,5)$ | $(96,75,60,59,57)$ | 2 | | 8 | $6$ ($g=5$) | $14/5$ | $1 \to 0$ | $(98,35,15,8,15)$ | $(98,62,42,41,36)$ | 2 | | 9 | $7$ ($g=6$) | $14/3$ | $31 \to 0$ | $(56,12,3,1,3)$ | $(56,43,34,33,33)$ | 2 | | 10 | $7$ ($g=6$) | $14/9$ | $144 \to 0$ | $(56,36,27,21,27)$ | $(56,19,10,9,5)$ | 2 |

Table 2: The 42 previously open DSRG parameter sets (21 complementary pairs) across 10 infinite families ruled out in Part II.


2. Part I: Group-Ring Character Theory and Three Infinite Families of DSRGs

2.1 Equifibered Group Lifts and the Galois-Ramanujan Character-Trace Identity

Let $G$ be a finite group of order $n$, and let $V = \{0, 1, \dots, f-1\} \times G$ be partitioned into $f$ fibers of size $n$ ($v = f n$). A directed graph $\Gamma$ on $V$ admits a semiregular action of $G$ by right multiplication if and only if its adjacency matrix $A$ is an $f \times f$ block matrix of group-ring elements $X_{i,j} = \sum_{g \in S_{i,j}} g \in \mathbb{Z}[G]$, where $S_{i,j} \subseteq G$ ($1 \notin S_{i,i}$). Setting $q_{i,j} = |S_{i,j}|$, the quotient matrix $Q = (q_{i,j})_{0 \le i,j < f}$ satisfies $Q \mathbf{1}_f = Q^T \mathbf{1}_f = k \mathbf{1}_f$, and the DSRG equation in $M_f(\mathbb{Z}[G])$ takes the form

$$ \sum_{\ell=0}^{f-1} X_{i,\ell} X_{\ell,j} = \delta_{i,j}(t - \mu) 1_G + (\lambda - \mu) X_{i,j} + \mu G_{\text{sum}} \qquad (0 \le i, j < f), $$

where $G_{\text{sum}} = \sum_{g \in G} g \in \mathbb{Z}[G]$. Applying any non-trivial irreducible representation $\rho$ of $G$ annihilates $G_{\text{sum}}$ ($\rho(G_{\text{sum}}) = 0$) and projects the group-ring equation to the polynomial matrix equation

$$ \rho(X)^2 - (\lambda - \mu)\rho(X) - (t - \mu) I_{f d_\rho} = \bigl(\rho(X) - r I_{f d_\rho}\bigr)\bigl(\rho(X) - s I_{f d_\rho}\bigr) = 0. $$

Taking traces across Galois orbits of irreducible representations yields a necessary condition on the diagonal connection sets $S_{i,i}$ that guides our selection of fiber counts $f$ and quotient matrices $Q$ for directed constructions.

Proposition 2.1 (Galois-Ramanujan Character-Trace Identity). Let $G$ be a finite abelian group of order $n$ and let $A \in M_f(\mathbb{Z}[G])$ be an $f$-fiber lift of a $\mathrm{DSRG}(v, k, t, \lambda, \mu)$ with non-principal eigenvalues $r > 0 > s$ and $d = r - s$. For every divisor $e \mid n$ ($e > 1$), let $\mathcal{O}_e$ be a $\mathrm{Gal}(\mathbb{Q}(\zeta_e)/\mathbb{Q})$-orbit of order-$e$ characters of $G$. Then:

  1. For every $\chi \in \mathcal{O}_e$, the multiplicity $m_r(\chi) \in \{0, 1, \dots, f\}$ of the eigenvalue $r$ in $\chi(X) \in M_f(\mathbb{C})$ is constant across $\mathcal{O}_e$.
  2. The common multiplicity $m_r(\mathcal{O}_e)$ satisfies the exact Ramanujan-sum identity
$$ |\mathcal{O}_e|\bigl(d \cdot m_r(\mathcal{O}_e) + f s\bigr) = \sum_{i=0}^{f-1} \sum_{g \in S_{i,i}} c_{\mathcal{O}_e}(g), \qquad c_{\mathcal{O}_e}(g) := \sum_{\chi \in \mathcal{O}_e} \chi(g) \in \mathbb{Z}. $$

In particular, if $f = 1$ (a Cayley graph over an abelian group $G$), then every non-trivial character $\chi$ has $\chi(X_{0,0}) \in \{r, s\} \subset \mathbb{Z}$, which forces $\chi(X_{0,0}) = \overline{\chi(X_{0,0})}$ for all $\chi$ and hence $S_{0,0} = S_{0,0}^{-1}$ is symmetric, ruling out genuine ($0 < t < k$) abelian Cayley DSRGs [1, 3].

Proof. Since $X_{i,i}$ has integer coefficients, for any $\sigma \in \mathrm{Gal}(\mathbb{Q}(\zeta_e)/\mathbb{Q})$, the matrices $\chi(X)$ and $\sigma(\chi(X)) = (\sigma \circ \chi)(X)$ have conjugate eigenvalues. Because $r, s \in \mathbb{Z}$ are fixed by $\mathrm{Gal}(\mathbb{Q}(\zeta_e)/\mathbb{Q})$, the multiplicity $m_r(\chi)$ of $r$ is invariant on $\mathcal{O}_e$, and $\mathrm{Tr}\,\chi(X) = m_r(\mathcal{O}_e) r + (f - m_r(\mathcal{O}_e))s = d \cdot m_r(\mathcal{O}_e) + f s$. Summing over $\chi \in \mathcal{O}_e$ gives the stated identity. When $f = 1$, $\chi(X_{0,0}) \in \{r, s\} \subset \mathbb{R}$ implies $\chi(X_{0,0}) = \overline{\chi(X_{0,0})} = \chi(X_{0,0}^{(-1)})$ for every character $\chi$ of $G$, so Fourier inversion on $G$ gives $S_{0,0} = S_{0,0}^{-1}$. $\square$

For $f \ge 2$, non-symmetric diagonal blocks $S_{i,i} \ne S_{i,i}^{-1}$ and off-diagonal blocks $X_{i,j}$ allow complex character entries inside $\chi(X) \in M_f(\mathbb{C})$ while keeping the eigenvalues of $\chi(X)$ in $\{r, s\}$, which we now exploit to construct three infinite families.


2.2 Infinite Family I: $\mathrm{DSRG}(8m, 4m-2, 2m+2, 2m-2, 2m-2)$ for All Odd $m \ge 3$

Consider the parameter family $\mathrm{DSRG}(8m, 4m-2, 2m+2, 2m-2, 2m-2)$, which has $r = 2, s = -2, \lambda = \mu = 2m-2$, and $t - \mu = 4$. Transforming the $(0,1)$ adjacency matrix $A$ to the $(-1, +1)$ matrix

$$ B := J_{8m} - 2 A \in \{-1, +1\}^{8m \times 8m} $$

converts the DSRG equations $A J_{8m} = J_{8m} A = (4m-2) J_{8m}$ and $A^2 = 4 I_{8m} + (2m-2) J_{8m}$ into the remarkably clean self-orthogonal $\pm 1$ matrix equations

$$ B \mathbf{1}_{8m} = B^T \mathbf{1}_{8m} = 4 \mathbf{1}_{8m}, \qquad B^2 = 16 I_{8m}, \qquad \operatorname{diag}(B) = \mathbf{1}_{8m}. $$

When $m$ is even, Godsil, Hobart, and Martin [5] constructed such graphs using group rings with elements of order $4$; however, when $m$ is odd, $\mathbb{Z}_m$ has no element of order $2$, and every odd case $m \ge 5$ ($v = 40, 56, 88, 104$) remained open in [2] (m=3 at $v=24$ was found by Duval and Jørgensen via computer search).

We solve the entire odd-$m$ family in closed form via a $2$-fiber block-circulant lift over $G = \mathbb{Z}_4 \times \mathbb{Z}_m = \langle u, x \mid u^4 = x^m = 1, ux = xu \rangle$.

Theorem 2.2 ($\mathbb{Z}_4$-Character Decoupling Theorem and Closed-Form Family I). Let $m = 2K + 1 \ge 3$ be an odd integer, and let $R = \mathbb{Z}[\mathbb{Z}_m] = \mathbb{Z}[x]/(x^{2K+1} - 1)$ with involution $\overline{\sum c_j x^j} = \sum c_j x^{-j}$. Define the half-period sum $S(x) = \sum_{j=1}^{K-1} x^j \in R$ (with $S(x) = 0$ if $K=1$), $\bar{S}(x) = S(x^{-1}) = \sum_{j=K+2}^{2K} x^j$, and set

$$ A(x) = \bar{S}(x) - S(x), \qquad C(x) = 1 + \bar{S}(x) - x^2 S(x), \qquad D(x) = \bar{C}(x) = 1 + S(x) - x^{-2}\bar{S}(x). $$

In $M_2(\mathbb{Z}[\mathbb{Z}_4 \times \mathbb{Z}_m])$, define the $2 \times 2$ block matrix

$$ B(u, x) = (1 + u + u^2 + u^3) M(x) + (1 - u + u^2 - u^3) P(x) + \operatorname{Re}\bigl((1 - i u - u^2 + i u^3) N(x)\bigr), $$

where $M(x), P(x) \in M_2(R)$ and $N(x) \in M_2(\mathbb{Z}[i][\mathbb{Z}_m])$ are given by

$$ M(x) = \begin{pmatrix} A(x) & C(x) \\ D(x) & -A(x) \end{pmatrix}, \quad P(x) = \begin{pmatrix} 1 & 0 \\ 0 & 1 \end{pmatrix}, \quad N(x) = \begin{pmatrix} (1+i)x^K + (1-i)x^{-K} & (1-i)(x - x^2) \\ (1-i)(x^{-1} + x^{-2}) & -(1+i)x^K - (1-i)x^{-K} \end{pmatrix}. $$

Then $B(u,x)$ is a $\{-1, +1\}$-valued matrix in $M_2(\mathbb{Z}[\mathbb{Z}_4 \times \mathbb{Z}_m])$ with $\operatorname{diag}(B) = \mathbf{1}_{8m}$, $B \mathbf{1}_{8m} = B^T \mathbf{1}_{8m} = 4\mathbf{1}_{8m}$, and $B^2 = 16 I_{8m}$. Consequently, $A = \frac{1}{2}(J_{8m} - B)$ is the adjacency matrix of a $\mathrm{DSRG}(8m, 4m-2, 2m+2, 2m-2, 2m-2)$ for every odd $m = 2K+1 \ge 3$.

Proof. First we verify that every entry of $B(u,x)$ has coefficients in $\{-1, +1\}$ by checking that for each pair $(r, c) \in \{0, 1\}^2$, the supports of $M_{r,c}(x)$, $P_{r,c}(x)$, and $N_{r,c}(x)$ partition $\mathbb{Z}_{2K+1}$ into disjoint subsets:

  1. Diagonal entries $(0,0)$ and $(1,1)$:
    • $P_{0,0}(x) = P_{1,1}(x) = 1$ has support $\{0\}$ with coefficient $+1$, contributing $1 - u + u^2 - u^3 \in \{\pm 1\}^4$ at $x^0$. (In particular, the coefficient of $u^0 x^0$ is $+1$, so $\operatorname{diag}(B) = \mathbf{1}_{8m}$.)
    • $A(x) = \sum_{j=K+2}^{2K} x^j - \sum_{j=1}^{K-1} x^j$ has support $\{1, \dots, K-1\} \cup \{K+2, \dots, 2K\}$ with coefficients in $\{\pm 1\}$, contributing $\pm(1 + u + u^2 + u^3)$ on those exponents.
    • $N_{0,0}(x) = -N_{1,1}(x) = (1+i)x^K + (1-i)x^{K+1}$ has support $\{K, K+1\}$ with coefficients in $\{\pm 1 \pm i\}$, and for any $(\alpha, \beta) \in \{\pm 1\}^2$, $\operatorname{Re}((1 - iu - u^2 + iu^3)(\alpha + i\beta)) = \alpha + \beta u - \alpha u^2 - \beta u^3 \in \{\pm 1\}^4$. Since $\{0\} \sqcup \{1, \dots, K-1, K+2, \dots, 2K\} \sqcup \{K, K+1\} = \mathbb{Z}_{2K+1}$, the diagonal blocks have all coefficients in $\{-1, +1\}$.
  2. Off-diagonal entries $(0,1)$ and $(1,0)$:
    • $P_{0,1}(x) = P_{1,0}(x) = 0$.
    • Since $x^2 S(x) = \sum_{j=3}^{K+1} x^j$, the polynomial $C(x) = 1 - \sum_{j=3}^{K+1} x^j + \sum_{j=K+2}^{2K} x^j$ has support $\mathbb{Z}_{2K+1} \setminus \{1, 2\}$ with coefficients in $\{\pm 1\}$, while $N_{0,1}(x) = (1-i)(x - x^2)$ has support $\{1, 2\}$ with coefficients $\pm(1-i)$.
    • By inversion $x \mapsto x^{-1}$, $D(x) = C(x^{-1})$ has support $\mathbb{Z}_{2K+1} \setminus \{2K, 2K-1\}$ with coefficients in $\{\pm 1\}$, while $N_{1,0}(x) = (1-i)(x^{-1} + x^{-2})$ has support $\{2K, 2K-1\}$ with coefficients $(1-i)$. Thus all four blocks of $B(u,x)$ have coefficients in $\{-1, +1\}$.

Next, evaluating at the four characters $u \in \{1, -1, i, -i\}$ of $\mathbb{Z}_4$:

  • At $u = 1$ and $x = 1$: since $S(1) = \bar{S}(1) = K - 1$, we have $A(1) = 0$ and $C(1) = D(1) = 1$, so $B(1, 1) = 4 M(1) = 4 \begin{pmatrix} 0 & 1 \\ 1 & 0 \end{pmatrix}$, which has row and column sums $4$, proving $B \mathbf{1}_{8m} = B^T \mathbf{1}_{8m} = 4\mathbf{1}_{8m}$.
  • Because the orthogonal idempotents $\frac{1}{4}(1+u+u^2+u^3)$, $\frac{1}{4}(1-u+u^2-u^3)$, and $\frac{1}{4}(1 \mp iu - u^2 \pm iu^3)$ satisfy $(\sum_\chi 4 e_\chi X_\chi)^2 = 16 \sum_\chi e_\chi X_\chi^2$, the equation $B(u,x)^2 = 16 I_2$ holds in $M_2(\mathbb{Z}[\mathbb{Z}_4 \times \mathbb{Z}_m])$ if and only if
$$ M(x)^2 = I_2, \qquad P(x)^2 = I_2, \qquad N(x)^2 = 4 I_2. $$

Immediately $P(x)^2 = I_2^2 = I_2$. For $N(x)$, since $\operatorname{tr} N(x) = 0$, the Cayley-Hamilton theorem gives $N(x)^2 = (N_{0,0}^2 + N_{0,1}N_{1,0}) I_2$. Using $(1+i)^2 = 2i$, $(1-i)^2 = -2i$, $(1+i)(1-i) = 2$, and $x^{2K+1} = 1$ (so $x^{2K} = x^{-1}$ and $x^{-2K} = x$), we compute in $\mathbb{Z}[i][\mathbb{Z}_{2K+1}]$:

$$ N_{0,0}(x)^2 = 2i x^{2K} + 4 - 2i x^{-2K} = 4 + 2i(x^{-1} - x), $$$$ N_{0,1}(x) N_{1,0}(x) = (1-i)^2 (x - x^2)(x^{-1} + x^{-2}) = -2i (1 + x^{-1} - x - 1) = -2i(x^{-1} - x). $$

Adding these two equations gives $N_{0,0}(x)^2 + N_{0,1}(x)N_{1,0}(x) = 4$, so $N(x)^2 = 4 I_2$ identically.

Finally, since $\operatorname{tr} M(x) = 0$, we have $M(x)^2 = (A(x)^2 + C(x)D(x)) I_2$. In $\mathbb{Z}[\mathbb{Z}_{2K+1}]$, the geometric series identity and $x^{2K+1} = 1$ give the two exact polynomial relations

$$ (x - 1) S(x) = x^K - x, \qquad (x - 1) \bar{S}(x) = 1 - x^{K+2}. $$

Multiplying $A(x)$, $C(x)$, and $D(x)$ by $x - 1$ (and $x^{-1} - 1$) yields

$$ (x - 1) A(x) = (1 + x) - x^K(1 + x^2), \qquad (x^{-1} - 1) A(x) = -(1 + x^{-1}) + x^{-K}(1 + x^{-2}), $$$$ (x - 1) C(x) = x(1 + x^2) - 2 x^{K+2}, \qquad (x^{-1} - 1) D(x) = x^{-1}(1 + x^{-2}) - 2 x^{-K-2}. $$

Using $x^{-K} = x^{K+1}$ and $x^{K+2}(1 + x^{-2}) = x^{-K-1}(1 + x^2)$ in $\mathbb{Z}[\mathbb{Z}_{2K+1}]$, we obtain

$$ (x-1)(x^{-1}-1)A(x)^2 = -(1+x)(1+x^{-1}) - (1+x^2)(1+x^{-2}) + 2 x^{K+1}(1+x^{-2}) + 2 x^{-K-1}(1+x^2), $$$$ (x-1)(x^{-1}-1)C(x)D(x) = (1+x^2)(1+x^{-2}) + 4 - 2 x^{K+1}(1+x^{-2}) - 2 x^{-K-1}(1+x^2). $$

Adding these two identities cancels both $K$-dependent terms and the degree-$2$ terms, leaving

$$ (x-1)(x^{-1}-1)\bigl(A(x)^2 + C(x)D(x)\bigr) = 4 - (1+x)(1+x^{-1}) = 2 - x - x^{-1} = (x-1)(x^{-1}-1). $$

Since $\gcd(x-1, \sum_{j=0}^{2K} x^j) = 1$ in $\mathbb{Q}[x]$ and $A(1)^2 + C(1)D(1) = 0 + 1 = 1$, dividing by $(x-1)(x^{-1}-1)$ proves $A(x)^2 + C(x)D(x) = 1$ in $\mathbb{Z}[\mathbb{Z}_{2K+1}]$. $\square$

Corollary 2.3 (Uniform Abelian Realizations of Family I for All Odd $m \ge 3$). Combining Theorem 2.2 for odd $m \ge 3$ with Godsil, Hobart, and Martin [5] for even $m \ge 2$, a uniform $2$-fiber abelian lift of $\mathrm{DSRG}(8m, 4m-2, 2m+2, 2m-2, 2m-2)$ and its complement $\mathrm{DSRG}(8m, 4m+1, 2m+5, 2m, 2m+2)$ over $\mathbb{Z}_4 \times \mathbb{Z}_m$ exists for every integer $m \ge 2$. In particular, for $m \in \{5, 7, 11, 13\}$, Theorem 2.2 provides uniform $2$-fiber abelian group-ring realizations with semiregular $\mathbb{Z}_4 \times \mathbb{Z}_m$ automorphism groups for the four catalog pairs (8 parameter sets) whose existence via heterogeneous multi-layer gluing was concurrently established in [11]:

  • $m = 5$ ($K=2$): $\mathrm{DSRG}(40, 18, 12, 8, 8)$ and $\mathrm{DSRG}(40, 21, 15, 10, 12)$.
  • $m = 7$ ($K=3$): $\mathrm{DSRG}(56, 26, 16, 12, 12)$ and $\mathrm{DSRG}(56, 29, 19, 14, 16)$.
  • $m = 11$ ($K=5$): $\mathrm{DSRG}(88, 42, 24, 20, 20)$ and $\mathrm{DSRG}(88, 45, 27, 22, 24)$.
  • $m = 13$ ($K=6$): $\mathrm{DSRG}(104, 50, 28, 24, 24)$ and $\mathrm{DSRG}(104, 53, 31, 26, 28)$.

2.3 Infinite Family II: $\mathrm{DSRG}(16m, 4m+1, m+4, m-1, m+1)$ for All $m \ge 2$

Next we consider the family $\mathrm{DSRG}(16m, 4m+1, m+4, m-1, m+1)$, which has non-principal eigenvalues $r = 1, s = -3$ ($d = 4$) and $t - \mu = 3, \lambda - \mu = -2$. In Hobart and Brouwer [2], $m = 2$ ($v = 32$) and $m = 3$ ($v = 48$) were found by Jørgensen via isolated computer searches, while $m \in \{4, 5, 6\}$ ($v = 64, 80, 96$) were concurrently realized in [11] by combining multi-layer lifts of a $32$-vertex seed (for $m=4, 6$) with a heterogeneous $32+48$ layer gluing (for $m=5$).

We construct the entire infinite family for all $m \ge 2$ (both even and odd) by a single uniform formula as a $4$-fiber lift over the abelian group $G = \mathbb{Z}_2 \times \mathbb{Z}_{2m} = \langle s, x \mid s^2 = x^{2m} = 1, sx = xs \rangle$ of order $4m$.

Theorem 2.4 (Half-Cycle Reversal-Inversion Theorem and Closed-Form Family II). Let $m \ge 2$ be an integer, let $G = \mathbb{Z}_2 \times \mathbb{Z}_{2m} = \langle s, x \rangle$, and let $H(x) = \sum_{b=0}^{m-1} x^b \in \mathbb{Z}[G]$ denote the half-cycle sum, which satisfies $\bar{H}(x) = H(x^{-1}) = x^{m+1} H(x)$ and $(1 + x^m) H(x) = \sum_{b=0}^{2m-1} x^b$. Let $\omega = s x^m \in G$ be the diagonal involution ($\omega^2 = 1$). Define the $4 \times 4$ matrix $X = (X_{i,j})_{0 \le i,j \le 3} \in M_4(\mathbb{Z}[G])$ by setting Rows $0$ and $1$ to

$$ \begin{aligned} X_{0,0} &= x H(x) + s, & X_{0,1} &= H(x), & X_{0,2} &= H(x), & X_{0,3} &= H(x) - x^{m-1} + s x^{-1}, \\ X_{1,0} &= \omega H(x) + 1 - s x^m, & X_{1,1} &= \omega H(x) + x^m + s - s x^m, & X_{1,2} &= \omega H(x), & X_{1,3} &= \omega H(x) + x^{m-1} - s x^{-1}, \end{aligned} $$

and defining Rows $2$ and $3$ by reversal-inversion symmetry:

$$ X_{i,j} = \bar{X}_{3-i, 3-j} \qquad (i \in \{2, 3\},\; 0 \le j \le 3). $$

Then every $X_{i,j}$ is a $(0,1)$ subset sum in $\mathbb{Z}[G]$ with $1_G \notin \operatorname{supp}(X_{i,i})$, Quotient Matrix $Q = I_4 + m J_4$, and

$$ X^2 + 2 X - 3 I_4 = (m + 1) G_{\text{sum}} J_4 \quad \text{in } M_4(\mathbb{Z}[G]). $$

Consequently, $X$ defines a $\mathrm{DSRG}(16m, 4m+1, m+4, m-1, m+1)$ and its complement $\mathrm{DSRG}(16m, 12m-2, 9m+1, 9m-3, 9m-3)$ for every integer $m \ge 2$.

Proof. First, we inspect the supports of $X_{i,j}$:

  • $X_{0,0} = \sum_{b=1}^m x^b + s$ has size $m+1$ and does not contain $1_G$; $X_{0,1} = X_{0,2} = \sum_{b=0}^{m-1} x^b$ has size $m$; and $X_{0,3} = \sum_{b=0}^{m-2} x^b + s x^{2m-1}$ has size $m$.
  • Since $\omega H(x) = s \sum_{b=m}^{2m-1} x^b$ contains $s x^m$ and $s x^{2m-1}$ with coefficient $+1$ and is supported on $s \langle x \rangle$, $X_{1,0} = 1_G + s \sum_{b=m+1}^{2m-1} x^b$ (size $m$), $X_{1,1} = x^m + s + s \sum_{b=m+1}^{2m-1} x^b$ (size $m+1$, avoiding $1_G$), $X_{1,2} = s \sum_{b=m}^{2m-1} x^b$ (size $m$), and $X_{1,3} = x^{m-1} + s \sum_{b=m}^{2m-2} x^b$ (size $m$) are all $(0,1)$ subset sums.
  • By reversal-inversion $X_{i,j} = \bar{X}_{3-i, 3-j}$, Rows $2$ and $3$ are also $(0,1)$ subset sums with $1_G \notin \operatorname{supp}(X_{i,i})$ and $|S_{i,j}| = m + \delta_{i,j}$, so $Q = I_4 + m J_4$.

Since $Q^2 + 2Q - 3 I_4 = 4m(m+1) J_4 = |G|(m+1) J_4$, the trivial character $(s, x) = (1, 1)$ satisfies the DSRG equation automatically. It remains to check that $X(s, x)^2 + 2 X(s, x) - 3 I_4 = 0$ on every non-trivial character $(s, x)$ of $\mathbb{Z}_2 \times \mathbb{Z}_{2m}$:

  1. Order-$2$ character $(s, x) = (-1, 1)$: Here $H(1) = \bar{H}(1) = m$ and $\omega = -1$, so evaluating $X_{i,j}$ at $(s, x) = (-1, 1)$ gives$$ X(-1, 1) = m N_1 + M_0, \qquad N_1 := \begin{pmatrix} 1 \\ -1 \\ -1 \\ 1 \end{pmatrix} \begin{pmatrix} 1 & 1 & 1 & 1 \end{pmatrix}, \qquad M_0 := \begin{pmatrix} -1 & 0 & 0 & -2 \\ 2 & 1 & 0 & 2 \\ 2 & 0 & 1 & 2 \\ -2 & 0 & 0 & -1 \end{pmatrix}. $$Direct integer matrix multiplication gives $N_1^2 = 0$, $N_1 M_0 + M_0 N_1 = -2 N_1$, and $M_0^2 + 2 M_0 - 3 I_4 = 0$, so $X(-1, 1)^2 + 2 X(-1, 1) - 3 I_4 = M_0^2 + 2 M_0 - 3 I_4 = 0$ for every $m \ge 2$.
  2. Characters with $x^m = +1$ and $x \ne 1$: On this sector, $(1 - x) H(x) = 1 - x^m = 0$ with $x \ne 1$, so $H(x) = \bar{H}(x) = 0$, $x^m = 1$, $\omega = s$, $x^{m-1} = x^{-1}$, and $x^{-(m-1)} = x$. Substituting these into the defining expressions for $X_{i,j}$ eliminates $m$ completely:$$ X(s, x)\big|_{x^m = 1,\, x \ne 1} = \begin{pmatrix} s & 0 & 0 & (s - 1)x^{-1} \\ 1 - s & 1 & 0 & (1 - s)x^{-1} \\ (1 - s)x & 0 & 1 & 1 - s \\ (s - 1)x & 0 & 0 & s \end{pmatrix}. $$At $s = +1$, $X(1, x) = I_4$; at $s = -1$, direct multiplication gives $X(-1, x)^2 + 2 X(-1, x) - 3 I_4 = 0$ identically in $\mathbb{Z}[x, x^{-1}]$.
  3. Characters with $x^m = -1$: On this sector, $x^m = -1$, $x^{m-1} = -x^{-1}$, $x^{-(m-1)} = -x$, $\omega = -s$, $H(x) = \frac{1 - x^m}{1 - x} = \frac{2}{1 - x}$, and $\bar{H}(x) = \frac{2}{1 - x^{-1}}$, which is again completely independent of $m$:$$ X(s, x)\big|_{x^m = -1} = \frac{2}{1 - x} \begin{pmatrix} x & 1 & 1 & 1 \\ -s & -s & -s & -s \\ 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 \\ 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 \end{pmatrix} + \frac{2}{1 - x^{-1}} \begin{pmatrix} 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 \\ 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 \\ -s & -s & -s & -s \\ 1 & 1 & 1 & x^{-1} \end{pmatrix} + \begin{pmatrix} s & 0 & 0 & (1 + s)x^{-1} \\ 1 + s & -1 + 2s & 0 & -(1 + s)x^{-1} \\ -(1 + s)x & 0 & -1 + 2s & 1 + s \\ (1 + s)x & 0 & 0 & s \end{pmatrix}. $$For both $s = +1$ and $s = -1$, expanding $X(s, x)^2 + 2 X(s, x) - 3 I_4$ in $\mathbb{Q}(x)$ yields $0$ identically (verified symbolically in verify_all.py). Thus $X^2 + 2X - 3I_4 = (m+1)G_{\text{sum}}J_4$ holds for all $m \ge 2$. $\square$

Corollary 2.5 (Uniform Abelian Realizations of Family II for All $m \ge 2$). Theorem 2.4 provides uniform $4$-fiber abelian group-ring realizations over $\mathbb{Z}_2 \times \mathbb{Z}_{2m}$ for all integers $m \ge 2$ in the $\mathrm{DSRG}(16m, 4m+1, m+4, m-1, m+1)$ series, including the three catalog pairs ($m \in \{4, 5, 6\}$) whose existence was concurrently established in [11]:

  • $m = 4$: $\mathrm{DSRG}(64, 17, 8, 3, 5)$ and $\mathrm{DSRG}(64, 46, 37, 33, 33)$.
  • $m = 5$: $\mathrm{DSRG}(80, 21, 9, 4, 6)$ and $\mathrm{DSRG}(80, 58, 46, 42, 42)$.
  • $m = 6$: $\mathrm{DSRG}(96, 25, 10, 5, 7)$ and $\mathrm{DSRG}(96, 70, 55, 51, 51)$.

2.4 Infinite Family III: $\mathrm{DSRG}(36(2u+1), 36u+16, 18u+14, 18u+8, 18u+6)$ for All $u \ge 0$

In [7], Gyürki showed that if a $\mathrm{DSRG}(v_0, k_0, t_0, \lambda_0, \mu_0)$ admits a good partition into $f = 2$ equitable fibers of size $b = v_0/2$ with quotient matrix $Q = \begin{pmatrix} \lambda_0 + b - k_0 & \mu_0 \\ \mu_0 & \lambda_0 + b - k_0 \end{pmatrix}$, then for every integer $u \ge 0$ there exists a $\mathrm{DSRG}\bigl(v_0(2u+1),\, v_0 u + k_0,\, b u + t_0,\, b u + \lambda_0,\, b u + \mu_0\bigr)$ (T20 in Hobart and Brouwer [2]). For $\mathrm{DSRG}(36, 16, 14, 8, 6)$ ($b = 18$), the required good-partition quotient matrix is $Q = \begin{pmatrix} 10 & 6 \\ 6 & 10 \end{pmatrix}$, and its $3$-fold lift ($u = 1$) is $\mathrm{DSRG}(108, 52, 32, 26, 24)$. While [11] concurrently obtained $(36, 16, 14, 8, 6)$ and $(108, 52, 32, 26, 24)$ by regular Seidel switching of an existing seed, we construct $(36, 16, 14, 8, 6)$ directly as a $2$-fiber abelian lift over $\mathbb{Z}_3 \times \mathbb{Z}_6$.

Theorem 2.6 (Good-Partition Seed $\mathrm{DSRG}(36, 16, 14, 8, 6)$ Over $\mathbb{Z}_3 \times \mathbb{Z}_6$ and Infinite Family III). Let $G = \mathbb{Z}_3 \times \mathbb{Z}_6$ be the abelian group of order $18$, written additively as $(a, b) \in \{0, 1, 2\} \times \{0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5\}$ with index $6a + b \in \{0, \dots, 17\}$. Define the $2 \times 2$ block group-ring matrix $X = (X_{i,j})_{0 \le i,j \le 1} \in M_2(\mathbb{Z}[G])$ (where the $(x, y)$ entry of block $(i, j)$ is $1$ iff $y - x \in S_{i,j}$) by the four subsets

$$ \begin{aligned} S_{0,0} &= \{(0,1), (0,5), (1,0), (1,1), (1,2), (1,3), (2,0), (2,3), (2,4), (2,5)\}, \\ S_{0,1} &= \{(0,0), (0,1), (1,0), (1,1), (2,0), (2,1)\}, \\ S_{1,0} &= \{(0,0), (0,5), (1,2), (1,3), (2,0), (2,5)\}, \\ S_{1,1} &= -S_{0,0} = \{(0,1), (0,5), (1,0), (1,3), (1,4), (1,5), (2,0), (2,1), (2,2), (2,3)\}. \end{aligned} $$

Then $X$ is a $2$-fiber lift over $\mathbb{Z}_3 \times \mathbb{Z}_6$ of a $\mathrm{DSRG}(36, 16, 14, 8, 6)$ with good-partition quotient matrix $Q = \begin{pmatrix} 10 & 6 \\ 6 & 10 \end{pmatrix}$. Furthermore, let $A_0 \in \{0,1\}^{36 \times 36}$ be its adjacency matrix and define the two $36 \times 36$ fiber-column matrices $R_0 = (\mathbf{1}_2 e_0^T) \otimes J_{18} = \begin{pmatrix} J_{18} & 0 \\ J_{18} & 0 \end{pmatrix}$ and $R_1 = (\mathbf{1}_2 e_1^T) \otimes J_{18} = \begin{pmatrix} 0 & J_{18} \\ 0 & J_{18} \end{pmatrix}$. For every integer $u \ge 0$, the $(2u+1) \times (2u+1)$ block-circulant matrix $A^{(u)} \in \{0,1\}^{36(2u+1) \times 36(2u+1)}$ indexed by $p, q \in \mathbb{Z}_{2u+1}$ with

$$ A^{(u)}_{p,p} = A_0, \qquad A^{(u)}_{p,q} = \begin{cases} R_0 & \text{if } 1 \le (q - p) \bmod (2u+1) \le u, \\ R_1 & \text{if } u + 1 \le (q - p) \bmod (2u+1) \le 2u, \end{cases} $$

is the adjacency matrix of a

$$ \mathrm{DSRG}\bigl(36(2u+1),\, 36u+16,\, 18u+14,\, 18u+8,\, 18u+6\bigr) $$

(with complement $\mathrm{DSRG}\bigl(36(2u+1),\, 36u+19,\, 18u+17,\, 18u+8,\, 18u+12\bigr)$), providing uniform $\mathbb{Z}_3 \times \mathbb{Z}_6$-seeded realizations of the two catalog pairs at $u = 0$ and $u = 1$ concurrently obtained in [11].

Proof. First, $(0,0) \notin S_{0,0} \cup S_{1,1}$, $|S_{0,0}| = |S_{1,1}| = 10$, and $|S_{0,1}| = |S_{1,0}| = 6$, so $A_0$ has quotient matrix $Q = \begin{pmatrix} 10 & 6 \\ 6 & 10 \end{pmatrix}$. Direct convolution in $\mathbb{Z}[\mathbb{Z}_3 \times \mathbb{Z}_6]$ verifies $X^2 = 8 I_2 + 2 X + 6 G_{\text{sum}} J_2$, so $A_0^2 = 8 I_{36} + 2 A_0 + 6 J_{36}$ and $A_0 J_{36} = J_{36} A_0 = 16 J_{36}$ (reconstructed and verified entry-by-entry in verify_all.py).

To make the $36(2u+1)$ infinite lift completely self-contained, observe that $R_0 + R_1 = J_{36}$ and that the equitable partition $Q = \begin{pmatrix} 10 & 6 \\ 6 & 10 \end{pmatrix}$ implies the exact block-multiplication identities

$$ A_0 R_a = 16 R_a, \qquad R_a A_0 = 10 R_a + 6 R_{1-a}, \qquad R_a R_b = 18 R_b \qquad (\forall a, b \in \{0, 1\}). $$

Every row and column of $A^{(u)}$ has sum $16 + u(18 + 18) = 36u + 16$. On the block diagonal ($p = q$), each of the $u$ forward shifts pairs with its opposite backward shift (R_0 R_1 or R_1 R_0), giving

$$ \bigl((A^{(u)})^2\bigr)_{p,p} = A_0^2 + u(R_0 R_1 + R_1 R_0) = 8 I_{36} + 2 A_0 + 6 J_{36} + 18u(R_1 + R_0) = 8 I_{36} + 2 A^{(u)}_{p,p} + (18u + 6) J_{36}. $$

Off the block diagonal ($p \ne q$), let $A^{(u)}_{p,q} = R_a$ ($a \in \{0, 1\}$). Among the $2u - 1$ intermediate block indices $r \notin \{p, q\}$, exactly $u - 1$ satisfy $A^{(u)}_{r,q} = R_a$ and $u$ satisfy $A^{(u)}_{r,q} = R_{1-a}$ (since $\sum_{r \ne q} A^{(u)}_{r,q} = u R_0 + u R_1$ and $A^{(u)}_{p,q} = R_a$). Using $A^{(u)}_{p,r} R_b = 18 R_b$ for all $r \notin \{p, q\}$, we obtain

$$ \bigl((A^{(u)})^2\bigr)_{p,q} = A_0 R_a + R_a A_0 + (u - 1) 18 R_a + 18u R_{1-a} = 16 R_a + (10 R_a + 6 R_{1-a}) + (18u - 18) R_a + 18u R_{1-a} = 2 R_a + (18u + 6) J_{36}. $$

Thus $(A^{(u)})^2 = 8 I_{36(2u+1)} + 2 A^{(u)} + (18u + 6) J_{36(2u+1)}$ for all $u \ge 0$. $\square$


2.5 New Finite Group-Ring Constructions Resolving $\mathrm{DSRG}(64, 14, 7, 3, 3)$ and $\mathrm{DSRG}(80, 18, 8, 4, 4)$

We now resolve two open entries (4 open parameter sets) in the self-orthogonal $r = 2, s = -2$ family $\mathrm{DSRG}(16m, 4m-2, m+3, m-1, m-1)$ at $m = 4$ ($v = 64$) and $m = 5$ ($v = 80$) that remained open in [2] and were not resolved in [8, 9, 10, 11].

Theorem 2.7 (Existence of $\mathrm{DSRG}(64, 14, 7, 3, 3)$ and $\mathrm{DSRG}(80, 18, 8, 4, 4)$).

  1. Let $G = \mathbb{Z}_2 \times \mathbb{Z}_2 \times \mathbb{Z}_4$ have elements $(a, b, c) \in \{0,1\}^2 \times \{0,1,2,3\}$ indexed by $8a + 4b + c \in \{0, \dots, 15\}$, with group difference $y - x = (a_x \oplus a_y,\, b_x \oplus b_y,\, (c_y - c_x) \bmod 4)$. Define the $4 \times 4$ block matrix $X \in M_4(\mathbb{Z}[G])$ (where the $(x, y)$ entry of block $(i, j)$ is $1$ iff $y - x \in S_{i,j}$) by$$ \begin{aligned} S_{0,0} &= \{5, 10\}, & S_{0,1} &= \{0, 2, 8, 9\}, & S_{0,2} &= \{0, 4, 10, 15\}, & S_{0,3} &= \{0, 3, 6, 8\}, \\ S_{1,0} &= \{0, 2, 4, 7\}, & S_{1,1} &= \{6, 11\}, & S_{1,2} &= \{7, 9, 14, 15\}, & S_{1,3} &= \{3, 5, 11, 14\}, \\ S_{2,0} &= \{1, 7, 9, 14\}, & S_{2,1} &= \{5, 11, 13, 14\}, & S_{2,2} &= \{6, 9\}, & S_{2,3} &= \{0, 2, 4, 5\}, \\ S_{3,0} &= \{0, 1, 6, 8\}, & S_{3,1} &= \{0, 4, 10, 13\}, & S_{3,2} &= \{0, 2, 8, 11\}, & S_{3,3} &= \{7, 10\}, \end{aligned} $$where Rows $2$ and $3$ satisfy reversal-inversion symmetry $S_{2,j} = \tau(S_{1, 3-j})$ and $S_{3,j} = \tau(S_{0, 3-j})$ under group inversion $\tau(a, b, c) = (a, b, (-c) \bmod 4)$. Then $X$ is a $4$-fiber lift of $\mathrm{DSRG}(64, 14, 7, 3, 3)$ with quotient matrix $Q = -2I_4 + 4J_4$, and its complement is $\mathrm{DSRG}(64, 49, 42, 37, 39)$.
  2. Let $D_{40} = (\mathbb{Z}_4 \times \mathbb{Z}_5) \rtimes \mathbb{Z}_2 = \{b_0^s x^{(a,b)} : s \in \{0,1\},\; a \in \mathbb{Z}_4,\; b \in \mathbb{Z}_5\}$ be the dihedral group of order $40$, with elements indexed by $20s + 5a + b \in \{0, \dots, 39\}$ and right-quotient multiplication $x^{-1} y = b_0^{s_x \oplus s_y} x^{(a_y - (-1)^{s_x \oplus s_y} a_x \bmod 4,\; b_y - (-1)^{s_x \oplus s_y} b_x \bmod 5)}$. Define the $2 \times 2$ block matrix $X \in M_2(\mathbb{Z}[D_{40}])$ (where the $(x, y)$ entry of block $(i, j)$ is $1$ iff $x^{-1} y \in S_{i,j}$) by$$ \begin{aligned} S_{0,0} &= \{4, 8, 14, 18, 20, 26, 35, 36\}, & S_{0,1} &= \{0, 6, 10, 11, 23, 26, 27, 33, 36, 37\}, \\ S_{1,0} &= \{5, 14, 15, 19, 20, 26, 29, 30, 36, 39\}, & S_{1,1} &= \{2, 6, 12, 16, 21, 22, 27, 31\}. \end{aligned} $$Then $X$ is a $2$-fiber lift of $\mathrm{DSRG}(80, 18, 8, 4, 4)$ with quotient matrix $Q = \begin{pmatrix} 8 & 10 \\ 10 & 8 \end{pmatrix}$, and its complement is $\mathrm{DSRG}(80, 61, 51, 46, 48)$.

Proof. Direct verification of $X^2 = 4 I + (m-1) G_{\text{sum}} J$ in $M_4(\mathbb{Z}[\mathbb{Z}_2^2 \times \mathbb{Z}_4])$ and $M_2(\mathbb{Z}[D_{40}])$, respectively; verify_all.py reconstructs both adjacency matrices directly from the printed sets $S_{i,j}$ above and confirms that they match graphs/dsrg_64_14_7_3_3.json and graphs/dsrg_80_18_8_4_4.json entry-by-entry. $\square$


3. Part II: Rank-$(g+1)$ Hyperplane Duality and Nonexistence of 42 Open Parameter Sets

3.1 Rank-$(g+1)$ Decomposition, Hyperplane Sections, and the Outer-Product Identity

We now turn to the nonexistence of directed strongly regular graphs in the boundary regime $t = \mu$ (and their complements characterized by $t^c = \lambda^c + 1$). Since $\operatorname{tr}(A) = 0$ and $t = \mu$ implies $r s = \mu - t = 0$ with $r \ge 0 > s$, the non-principal eigenvalues of $A$ are $r = 0$ and $s = \lambda - \mu = -d < 0$ (where $d = \mu - \lambda > 0$). Thus the non-zero eigenvalues of $A$ are $k$ (with multiplicity $1$) and $-d < 0$ (with multiplicity $g = k/d \in \mathbb{Z}_{>0}$), and $A$ satisfies the global matrix equation

$$ A^2 + d A = \mu J_v, \qquad A J_v = J_v A = k J_v, \qquad k = g d, \qquad \frac{\mu}{d} = \frac{g + 1}{v / k}. $$

Notice that for a genuine directed strongly regular graph ($0 < t < k$), we have $\mu = t < k = g d$, which requires $\frac{\mu}{d} < g$ and hence $\frac{v}{k} = \frac{g+1}{\mu/d} > \frac{g+1}{g}$ (whereas the boundary case $\frac{v}{k} = \frac{g+1}{g}$ has $t = \mu = k$, corresponding to the undirected complete $(g+1)$-partite graph $\overline{K_{g+1} \times K_{v/(g+1)}}$).

Theorem 3.1 (Rank-$(g+1)$ Hyperplane Duality and Outer-Product Identity). Let $A \in \{0,1\}^{v \times v}$ be the adjacency matrix of a $\mathrm{DSRG}(v, gd, \mu, \mu-d, \mu)$ with $t = \mu$, $d = \mu - \lambda > 0$, and $g = k/d$, so $\operatorname{rank}_{\mathbb{Q}}(A) = g + 1$ and $A^2 + d A = \mu J_v$. Let $n = g + 1$. Then there exist:

  1. A rational vector $\alpha \in \mathbb{Q}^n$ satisfying $\mathbf{1}_n^T \alpha = \frac{v}{k} = \frac{n d}{\mu}$;
  2. A subset $S \subseteq H_\alpha := \bigl\{z \in \{0,1\}^n \setminus \{\mathbf{0}, \mathbf{1}\} : \alpha^T z = 1\bigr\}$ that spans $\mathbb{Q}^n$ and has no constant coordinate ($\sum_{z \in S} z_j \notin \{0, |S|\}$ for all $1 \le j \le n$); and
  3. Non-negative rational weights $w(z, \beta) \ge 0$ supported on pairs $(z, \beta) \in S \times \mathcal{B}(S)$ with $\beta^T z = 0$, where$$ \mathcal{B}(S) := \bigl\{\beta \in \mathbb{Q}^n : \mathbf{1}_n^T \beta = 1 \text{ and } \beta^T z \in \{0, 1\} \text{ for all } z \in S\bigr\}, $$such that the following exact $n \times n$ matrix identity holds:$$ \sum_{\substack{z \in S,\, \beta \in \mathcal{B}(S) \\ \beta^T z = 0}} w(z, \beta)\, z \beta^T = R_\alpha := -I_n + \frac{\mu}{d} \mathbf{1}_n \alpha^T = -I_n + \frac{n}{\mathbf{1}_n^T \alpha} \mathbf{1}_n \alpha^T. $$

Proof. Since $A^2 + d A = \mu J_v$ has eigenvalues $k = g d > 0$ (multiplicity $1$) and $-d < 0$ (multiplicity $g$), $\operatorname{rank}_{\mathbb{Q}}(A) = g + 1 = n$. Choose $n$ linearly independent columns of $A$, forming a $v \times n$ $(0,1)$-matrix $C \in \{0,1\}^{v \times n}$ of full column rank $n$. Since every column of $A$ lies in the column space of $C$, there exists a unique matrix $R \in \mathbb{Q}^{n \times v}$ of full row rank $n$ such that $A = C R$.

Let $S \subseteq \{0,1\}^n$ be the set of distinct row vectors of $C$. Because $A$ has no all-zero row or all-one row (as $0 < k < v$), $S \subseteq \{0,1\}^n \setminus \{\mathbf{0}, \mathbf{1}\}$, and $\operatorname{rank}(C) = n$ implies $\operatorname{span}_{\mathbb{Q}}(S) = \mathbb{Q}^n$. Moreover, each column of $C$ is a column of $A$ and hence has column sum $k \notin \{0, v\}$, so no coordinate is constant on $S$.

Because $C$ has full column rank $n$ and $A \mathbf{1}_v = C (R \mathbf{1}_v) = k \mathbf{1}_v$, the all-ones vector $\mathbf{1}_v$ lies in the column space of $C$. Hence there is a unique rational vector $\alpha \in \mathbb{Q}^n$ such that $C \alpha = \mathbf{1}_v$, which means $\alpha^T z = 1$ for every row $z \in S$, so $S \subseteq H_\alpha$. Furthermore, since each column of $C$ sums to $k$, $\mathbf{1}_v^T C = k \mathbf{1}_n^T$, and therefore

$$ v = \mathbf{1}_v^T \mathbf{1}_v = \mathbf{1}_v^T C \alpha = k \mathbf{1}_n^T \alpha \implies \mathbf{1}_n^T \alpha = \frac{v}{k}. $$

Next, consider the columns $\beta^{(y)} \in \mathbb{Q}^n$ of $R = [\beta^{(1)}, \dots, \beta^{(v)}]$. For each vertex $y \in \{1, \dots, v\}$, the $y$-th column of $A = C R$ is $C \beta^{(y)} \in \{0,1\}^v$, which means $(\beta^{(y)})^T z \in \{0,1\}$ for every row $z \in S$ of $C$. In addition, since $\mathbf{1}_v^T C = k \mathbf{1}_n^T$ and $\mathbf{1}_v^T A = k \mathbf{1}_v^T$, we have $k \mathbf{1}_n^T R = \mathbf{1}_v^T C R = \mathbf{1}_v^T A = k \mathbf{1}_v^T$, so $\mathbf{1}_n^T \beta^{(y)} = 1$. Thus every column $\beta^{(y)}$ of $R$ belongs to the finite rational polytope $\mathcal{B}(S)$.

Finally, since $\mathbf{1}_n^T R = \mathbf{1}_v^T$ and $C \alpha = \mathbf{1}_v$, we have $J_v = \mathbf{1}_v \mathbf{1}_v^T = C \alpha \mathbf{1}_n^T R$. Substituting $A = C R$ and $J_v = C \alpha \mathbf{1}_n^T R$ into $A^2 + d A = \mu J_v$ gives $C(R C + d I_n)R = \mu C \alpha \mathbf{1}_n^T R$. Left-canceling $C$ (full column rank $n$) and right-canceling $R$ (full row rank $n$) yields

$$ R C = -d I_n + \mu \alpha \mathbf{1}_n^T \implies (R C)^T = C^T R^T = -d I_n + \mu \mathbf{1}_n \alpha^T. $$

For each vertex $x \in \{1, \dots, v\}$, let $z^{(x)} \in S$ be the $x$-th row of $C$ and let $\beta^{(x)} \in \mathcal{B}(S)$ be the $x$-th column of $R$. Then the diagonal entry $A_{x,x}$ of $A = C R$ is $(\beta^{(x)})^T z^{(x)} = 0$. Grouping the $v$ vertices by their pair $(z, \beta) = (z^{(x)}, \beta^{(x)}) \in S \times \mathcal{B}(S)$ and setting $w(z, \beta) := \frac{1}{d} \bigl|\{x \in \{1, \dots, v\} : (z^{(x)}, \beta^{(x)}) = (z, \beta)\}\bigr| \ge 0$ yields

$$ \sum_{\substack{z \in S,\, \beta \in \mathcal{B}(S) \\ \beta^T z = 0}} w(z, \beta)\, z \beta^T = \frac{1}{d} C^T R^T = -I_n + \frac{\mu}{d} \mathbf{1}_n \alpha^T. \qquad \square $$

Next, we characterize when a spanning subset $S \subseteq H_\alpha$ whose dual polytope reduces to the standard simplex $\mathcal{B}(S) = \{e_1, \dots, e_n\}$ (|B(S)| = n) can satisfy the Outer-Product Identity, and give an explicit integer diagonal Farkas certificate ruling out $|\mathcal{B}(S)| = n$ for every non-constant hyperplane $\alpha$.

Lemma 3.2 (Constant-Hyperplane Simplex Lemma). In the setting of Theorem 3.1, every spanning subset $S \subseteq H_\alpha$ satisfies $|\mathcal{B}(S)| \ge n$ because the $n$ standard basis vectors $e_1, \dots, e_n$ always belong to $\mathcal{B}(S)$. If $|\mathcal{B}(S)| = n$ (i.e., $\mathcal{B}(S) = \{e_1, \dots, e_n\}$), then:

  1. The Outer-Product Identity has a solution $w \ge 0$ on $S \times \{e_1, \dots, e_n\}$ only if $\alpha$ is a constant vector $\alpha = \frac{1}{h}\mathbf{1}_n$ for some integer Hamming weight $h \in \{1, 2, \dots, n-1\}$, which forces $\frac{v}{k} = \mathbf{1}_n^T \alpha = \frac{n}{h}$ and $\frac{\mu}{d} = h$. Conversely, for each $h \in \{1, \dots, n-1\}$ and $\alpha = \frac{1}{h}\mathbf{1}_n$, taking $S = \{z \in \{0,1\}^n : \mathbf{1}_n^T z = h\}$ and uniform weights $w(z, e_j) = \binom{n-2}{h-1}^{-1}$ (for $z_j = 0$) satisfies $\sum_{z \in S} \sum_{j : z_j = 0} w(z, e_j) z e_j^T = J_n - I_n = R_\alpha$ (with $h = n - 1$ corresponding to the undirected boundary $t = \mu = k$, and $1 \le h \le n - 2$ giving genuine directed ratios $\frac{v}{k} = \frac{n}{h}$).
  2. Whenever $\alpha$ is non-constant ($\min_{1 \le j \le n} \alpha_j < \frac{\mathbf{1}_n^T \alpha}{n} = \frac{d}{\mu}$), choosing any coordinate $j_0 \in \arg\min_{1 \le j \le n} \alpha_j$ makes the elementary diagonal integer matrix $Y_0 := e_{j_0} e_{j_0}^T \in \mathbb{Z}^{n \times n}$ an explicit integer Farkas certificate on $H_\alpha \times \{e_1, \dots, e_n\}$ satisfying $\operatorname{tr}(Y_0^T R_\alpha) = -1 + \frac{\mu}{d}\alpha_{j_0} < 0$ and $z^T Y_0 e_\ell = z_{j_0}\delta_{j_0, \ell} = 0 \ge 0$ for all $(z, e_\ell) \in H_\alpha \times \{e_1, \dots, e_n\}$ with $e_\ell^T z = z_\ell = 0$.

Proof. Since $S \subseteq \{0,1\}^n$, for each $j \in \{1, \dots, n\}$ we have $\mathbf{1}_n^T e_j = 1$ and $e_j^T z = z_j \in \{0,1\}$ for all $z \in S$, so $\{e_1, \dots, e_n\} \subseteq \mathcal{B}(S)$. Suppose $\mathcal{B}(S) = \{e_1, \dots, e_n\}$. Then the $j$-th column of $\sum_{z \in S, \beta \in \mathcal{B}(S) : \beta^T z = 0} w(z, \beta) z \beta^T$ is $\sum_{z \in S : z_j = 0} w(z, e_j) z$, whose $j$-th entry (the $(j,j)$ diagonal entry of the LHS) is $0$. By the Outer-Product Identity, the $(j,j)$ diagonal entry of $R_\alpha$ must also vanish:

$$ (R_\alpha)_{j,j} = -1 + \frac{\mu}{d}\alpha_j = 0 \implies \alpha_j = \frac{d}{\mu} = \frac{\mathbf{1}_n^T \alpha}{n} \qquad (\forall j \in \{1, \dots, n\}). $$

Thus $\alpha = c \mathbf{1}_n$ must be a constant vector. Since $S \subseteq \{0,1\}^n \setminus \{\mathbf{0}, \mathbf{1}\}$ is non-empty and satisfies $\alpha^T z = c (\mathbf{1}_n^T z) = 1$, $c = \frac{1}{h}$ for an integer Hamming weight $h \in \{1, \dots, n-1\}$, giving $\frac{v}{k} = \frac{n}{h}$. If $\alpha$ is non-constant, then $\alpha_{j_0} = \min_j \alpha_j < \frac{1}{n}\sum_{j=1}^n \alpha_j = \frac{d}{\mu}$, so $Y_0 = e_{j_0} e_{j_0}^T$ satisfies $\operatorname{tr}(Y_0^T R_\alpha) = (R_\alpha)_{j_0, j_0} = -1 + \frac{\mu}{d}\alpha_{j_0} < 0$, while for every $z \in H_\alpha$ and $\ell \in \{1, \dots, n\}$ with $e_\ell^T z = z_\ell = 0$, $z^T Y_0 e_\ell = z_{j_0} \delta_{j_0, \ell} = 0$. $\square$

When $|\mathcal{B}(S)| > n$, infeasibility of the Outer-Product Identity over $\mathbb{Q}_{\ge 0}$ is certified in exact integer and rational arithmetic via Farkas' Lemma, without any floating-point approximation:

Lemma 3.3 (Exact Integer Farkas Certificate Criterion and Closure/Symmetry Reductions). Let $\alpha \in \mathbb{Q}^n$ with $\mathbf{1}_n^T \alpha = \frac{v}{k}$, let $R_\alpha := -I_n + \frac{n}{\mathbf{1}_n^T \alpha}\mathbf{1}_n\alpha^T \in \mathbb{Q}^{n \times n}$, and let $S \subseteq H_\alpha$ be a spanning subset containing a nonsingular $n \times n$ $(0,1)$-basis matrix $M \subseteq S$. Set $\det^+(M) := |\det(M)| \in \mathbb{Z}_{>0}$, so that for every $\beta \in \mathcal{B}(S) \subseteq \mathcal{B}(M)$, the scaled vector $\tilde{\beta} := \det^+(M)\beta = \operatorname{sgn}(\det M)\operatorname{adj}(M) u \in \mathbb{Z}^n$ is an exact integer vector. Then the Outer-Product Identity of Theorem 3.1 has no non-negative rational solution $w \ge 0$ on $S \times \mathcal{B}(S)$ if and only if there exists an integer matrix $Y \in \mathbb{Z}^{n \times n}$ such that:

  1. $\operatorname{tr}(Y^T R_\alpha) = \sum_{i,j=1}^n Y_{i,j} (R_\alpha)_{i,j} < 0$ in exact rational arithmetic; and
  2. For every pair $(z, \beta) \in S \times \mathcal{B}(S)$ with $\beta^T z = 0$, the exact integer bilinear form satisfies$$ z^T Y \tilde{\beta} = \sum_{i,j=1}^n z_i Y_{i,j} \tilde{\beta}_j \ge 0 \quad \text{in } \mathbb{Z}. $$

Moreover:

  • (Closed-Row-Set Property): For any subset $B \subseteq \mathcal{B}(M)$, let $\overline{S}(B) := \{z \in H_\alpha : \beta^T z \in \{0, 1\} \;\forall \beta \in B\}$. Every spanning subset $S \supseteq M$ with $\mathcal{B}(S) = B$ satisfies $S \subseteq \overline{S}(B)$, so any integer matrix $Y$ certifying $\overline{S}(B) \times B$ simultaneously certifies all $S \supseteq M$ with $\mathcal{B}(S) = B$.
  • (Coordinate-Stabilizer Symmetry): Let $\operatorname{Aut}(\alpha) := \{\sigma \in S_n : \alpha_{\sigma(i)} = \alpha_i \;\forall i\}$ be the coordinate-stabilizer group of $\alpha$. Since $P_\sigma^T R_\alpha P_\sigma = R_\alpha$, an integer matrix $Y$ certifies $(S, \mathcal{B}(S))$ if and only if $P_\sigma Y P_\sigma^T \in \mathbb{Z}^{n \times n}$ certifies $(\sigma(S), \mathcal{B}(\sigma(S)))$. Thus it suffices to verify one representative $M$ from each $\operatorname{Aut}(\alpha)$-orbit of nonsingular bases in $H_\alpha$.

Proof. Multiplying $w(z, \beta) \ge 0$ by $\operatorname{tr}(Y^T(z \beta^T)) = z^T Y \beta = \frac{1}{\det^+(M)} z^T Y \tilde{\beta} \ge 0$ and summing over all $(z, \beta) \in S \times \mathcal{B}(S)$ with $\beta^T z = 0$ yields $0 \le \sum_{\beta^T z = 0} w(z, \beta)\operatorname{tr}(Y^T z\beta^T) = \operatorname{tr}(Y^T R_\alpha) < 0$, a contradiction. Conversely, if $R_\alpha$ does not lie in the finitely generated rational cone $\operatorname{cone}\{z \beta^T : z \in S, \beta \in \mathcal{B}(S), \beta^T z = 0\} \subset \mathbb{Q}^{n \times n}$, Farkas' Lemma over $\mathbb{Q}$ guarantees a separating linear functional $Y \in \mathbb{Q}^{n \times n}$ with $\operatorname{tr}(Y^T z\beta^T) \ge 0$ on all generators and $\operatorname{tr}(Y^T R_\alpha) < 0$; clearing denominators of $Y$ produces $Y \in \mathbb{Z}^{n \times n}$. The closure and $\operatorname{Aut}(\alpha)$-invariance properties follow immediately from $S \times \mathcal{B}(S) \subseteq \overline{S}(\mathcal{B}(S)) \times \mathcal{B}(S)$ and $\operatorname{tr}((P_\sigma Y P_\sigma^T)^T R_\alpha) = \operatorname{tr}(Y^T P_\sigma^T R_\alpha P_\sigma) = \operatorname{tr}(Y^T R_\alpha)$. $\square$


3.2 Complete Classification of Rank-6 ($g=5$) DSRGs and Nonexistence of 38 Open Parameter Sets

By Theorem 3.1, for any fixed $g$, every spanning subset $S \subseteq H_\alpha$ contains a nonsingular $n \times n$ $(0,1)$-basis matrix $M \subseteq S$ ($n = g+1$) with no constant columns such that $\alpha = M^{-1}\mathbf{1}_n$ and $\mathcal{B}(S) \subseteq \mathcal{B}(M)$. Thus the set of all possible rational hyperplane vectors $\alpha \in \mathbb{Q}^n$ (up to coordinate permutation in $S_n$) is finite and is generated by the nonsingular $n \times n$ $(0,1)$-matrices $M$ with rows in $\{0,1\}^n \setminus \{\mathbf{0}, \mathbf{1}\}$.

Theorem 3.4 (Complete Classification of Rank-6 ($g=5$) Hyperplanes and DSRGs). Across all nonsingular $6 \times 6$ $(0,1)$-matrices $M \subset \{0,1\}^6 \setminus \{\mathbf{0}, \mathbf{1}\}$, there are—up to coordinate permutation in $S_6$—exactly $729$ canonical sorted rational hyperplane vectors $\alpha = M^{-1}\mathbf{1}_6$ with $\mathbf{1}_6^T \alpha > 1$, spanning $57$ distinct rational ratios $\frac{v}{k} = \mathbf{1}_6^T \alpha$.

  1. Among these $729$ canonical hyperplanes, a spanning subset $S \subseteq H_\alpha$ satisfying the Outer-Product Identity of Theorem 3.1 exists if and only if$$ \frac{v}{k} \in \left\{\frac{6}{5},\; \frac{3}{2},\; 2,\; 3,\; 4,\; 6\right\}. $$
  2. When $\frac{v}{k} = \frac{6}{5}$, the identity $\frac{\mu}{d} = \frac{6}{v/k} = 5 = g = \frac{k}{d}$ forces $t = \mu = k$, which is the undirected complete $6$-partite graph $\overline{K_6 \times K_{v/6}}$. Consequently, for every genuine directed strongly regular graph $\mathrm{DSRG}(v, 5d, \mu, \mu-d, \mu)$ with $0 < t = \mu < k$ and $g = k/d = 5$,$$ \frac{v}{k} \in \left\{\frac{3}{2},\; 2,\; 3,\; 4,\; 6\right\}. $$

In particular, no $\mathrm{DSRG}(v, 5d, \mu, \mu-d, \mu)$ (nor its complement $\mathrm{DSRG}(v, v-1-5d, v-1-10d+\mu, v-2-10d+\mu, v-10d+\mu-d)$) exists for any $\frac{v}{k} \notin \{6/5, 3/2, 2, 3, 4, 6\}$, proving the unconditional nonexistence of all 38 open Rank-6 parameter sets (19 complementary pairs) across the 8 open families in Hobart and Brouwer [2]:

  1. $\frac{v}{k} = \frac{12}{5}$ ($7$ canonical hyperplanes $\to 0$ feasible): rules out $(24,10,5,3,5)$, $(48,20,10,6,10)$, $(72,30,15,9,15)$, $(96,40,20,12,20)$ and their $4$ complements $(24,13,8,7,7)$, $(48,27,17,16,14)$, $(72,41,26,25,21)$, $(96,55,35,34,28)$.
  2. $\frac{v}{k} = \frac{9}{5}$ ($20$ canonical hyperplanes $\to 0$ feasible): rules out $(27,15,10,7,10)$, $(54,30,20,14,20)$, $(81,45,30,21,30)$, $(108,60,40,28,40)$ and their $4$ complements $(27,11,6,5,4)$, $(54,23,13,12,8)$, $(81,35,20,19,12)$, $(108,47,27,26,16)$.
  3. $\frac{v}{k} = \frac{8}{5}$ ($19$ canonical hyperplanes $\to 0$ feasible): rules out $(32,20,15,11,15)$, $(64,40,30,22,30)$, $(96,60,45,33,45)$ and their $3$ complements $(32,11,6,5,3)$, $(64,23,13,12,6)$, $(96,35,20,19,9)$.
  4. $\frac{v}{k} = \frac{4}{3}$ ($39$ canonical hyperplanes $\to 0$ feasible): rules out $(40,30,27,21,27)$, $(80,60,54,42,54)$ and their $2$ complements $(40,9,6,5,1)$, $(80,19,13,12,2)$.
  5. $\frac{v}{k} = \frac{7}{5}$ ($17$ canonical hyperplanes $\to 0$ feasible): rules out $(49,35,30,23,30)$, $(98,70,60,46,60)$ and their $2$ complements $(49,13,8,7,2)$, $(98,27,17,16,4)$.
  6. $\frac{v}{k} = \frac{18}{5}$ ($0$ canonical hyperplanes): rules out $(54,15,5,2,5)$, $(108,30,10,4,10)$ and their $2$ complements $(54,38,28,27,26)$, $(108,77,57,56,52)$.
  7. $\frac{v}{k} = \frac{24}{5}$ ($0$ canonical hyperplanes): rules out $(96,20,5,1,5)$ and its complement $(96,75,60,59,57)$.
  8. $\frac{v}{k} = \frac{14}{5}$ ($1$ canonical hyperplane $\to 0$ feasible): rules out $(98,35,15,8,15)$ and its complement $(98,62,42,41,36)$.

Proof. Every nonsingular $6 \times 6$ matrix $M \subset \{0,1\}^6 \setminus \{\mathbf{0}, \mathbf{1}\}$ has a row $r_0$ of minimum Hamming weight $w_0 \in \{1, \dots, 5\}$. Since permuting the columns of $M$ by $\sigma \in S_6$ permutes the coordinates of $\alpha = M^{-1}\mathbf{1}_6$ and leaves the sorted vector $\operatorname{sort}(\alpha)$ invariant, we may fix $r_0 = 1^{w_0} 0^{6-w_0}$ up to $S_6$, restrict the remaining $5$ rows to Hamming weight $\ge w_0$, and fix the second row $r_1 = 1^{a_1} 0^{w_0 - a_1} 1^{b_1} 0^{6 - w_0 - b_1}$ ($a_1 + b_1 \ge w_0$) up to the column-stabilizer $S_{w_0} \times S_{6 - w_0}$ of $r_0$. In src/enum_alpha_g5.cpp (included in supplement.zip), we iterate over all $4$-subsets of candidate rows of weight $\ge w_0$, solve $M \alpha = \mathbf{1}_6$ by exact 64-bit integer fraction-free Gaussian elimination, verify $M \alpha = \mathbf{1}_6$ in exact rational arithmetic, and sort $\alpha$, obtaining the $729$ canonical rational hyperplane vectors (alphas_g5.txt) in `< 0.2$ seconds. Notably, the ratios $v/k = 18/5$ and $v/k = 24/5$ do not arise as $\mathbf{1}_6^T M^{-1}\mathbf{1}_6$ for *any* nonsingular $6 \times 6$ $(0,1)$-matrix $M$, ruling out Families 6 and 7 at the hyperplane stage alone.

For each of the six cone-feasible ratios $v/k \in \{6/5, 3/2, 2, 3, 4, 6\}$, farkas_certificates.json (g5_feasible_witnesses) provides an explicit hyperplane $\alpha$, spanning subset $S \subseteq H_\alpha$, nonsingular basis $M \subseteq S$, and exact positive rational weights $w(z, \beta) \in \mathbb{Q}_{>0}$ (with the five constant hyperplanes $\alpha = \frac{1}{h}\mathbf{1}_6$ for $h \in \{1, 2, 3, 4, 5\}$ realizing $v/k = 6/h \in \{6, 3, 2, 3/2, 6/5\}$ via Lemma 3.2(1), and $\alpha = (0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1)$ realizing $v/k = 4$), which verify_all.py checks in exact fractions.Fraction arithmetic. Conversely, across all $51$ remaining ratios $v/k \notin \{6/5, 3/2, 2, 3, 4, 6\}$ (including all $103$ canonical hyperplanes across the six remaining open catalog families $v/k \in \{12/5, 9/5, 8/5, 4/3, 7/5, 14/5\}$), every hyperplane $\alpha$ is non-constant, and verify_all.py verifies in exact arithmetic that every $\operatorname{Aut}(\alpha)$-orbit of nonsingular bases $M \subseteq H_\alpha$ is certified infeasible: bases and cut-out subsets with $|\mathcal{B}| = 6$ are certified infeasible by the diagonal Farkas matrix $Y_0 = e_{j_0}e_{j_0}^T$ of Lemma 3.2(2), while bases and closed subsets with $|\mathcal{B}| > 6$ are certified infeasible by the explicit integer Farkas dual matrices $Y \in \mathbb{Z}^{6 \times 6}$ stored in farkas_certificates.json via Lemma 3.3. $\square$


3.3 Rank-7 ($g=6$) Hyperplane Classification for $v/k \in \{14/3, 14/9\}$ and Nonexistence of 4 Open Parameter Sets

At $v = 56$, Hobart and Brouwer's catalog [2] contains two open complementary pairs with $g = k/d = 6$ ($\operatorname{rank}_{\mathbb{Q}}(A) = 7$):

  • $\mathrm{DSRG}(56, 12, 3, 1, 3)$ ($d = 2, g = 6, v/k = 14/3$) and its complement $\mathrm{DSRG}(56, 43, 34, 33, 33)$ ($t^c = \lambda^c + 1 = 34$);
  • $\mathrm{DSRG}(56, 19, 10, 9, 5)$ ($t^c = \lambda^c + 1 = 10$) and its complement $\mathrm{DSRG}(56, 36, 27, 21, 27)$ ($t = \mu = 27, d = 6, g = 6, v/k = 14/9$).

Theorem 3.5 (Rank-7 ($g=6$) Nonexistence for $v/k \in \{14/3, 14/9\}$). Across all nonsingular $7 \times 7$ $(0,1)$-matrices $M \subset \{0,1\}^7 \setminus \{\mathbf{0}, \mathbf{1}\}$, there are—up to coordinate permutation in $S_7$—exactly $31$ canonical sorted rational hyperplane vectors $\alpha = M^{-1}\mathbf{1}_7$ with $\mathbf{1}_7^T \alpha = 14/3$ and $144$ canonical sorted rational hyperplane vectors with $\mathbf{1}_7^T \alpha = 14/9$. None of these $175$ canonical hyperplanes admits a spanning subset $S \subseteq H_\alpha$ satisfying the Outer-Product Identity of Theorem 3.1. Consequently, $\mathrm{DSRG}(56, 12, 3, 1, 3)$, $\mathrm{DSRG}(56, 43, 34, 33, 33)$, $\mathrm{DSRG}(56, 36, 27, 21, 27)$, and $\mathrm{DSRG}(56, 19, 10, 9, 5)$ do not exist.

Proof. Ordering the $7$ rows of any nonsingular $7 \times 7$ matrix $M \subset \{0,1\}^7 \setminus \{\mathbf{0}, \mathbf{1}\}$ by non-decreasing Hamming weight $1 \le w(r_0) \le w(r_1) \le w(r_2) \le w(r_3) \le w(r_4) \le w(r_5) \le w(r_6) \le 6$, the exact 64-bit integer enumerator src/enum_alpha_g6.cpp (included in supplement.zip) first generates all rank-$4$ four-row prefixes $(r_0, r_1, r_2, r_3)$ canonicalized under the nested block stabilizers of $(r_0, r_1, r_2)$ and deduplicated under the full column-permutation group $S_7$ ($6{,}140$ canonical rank-$4$ prefixes). For each canonical rank-$4$ prefix, enum_alpha_g6.cpp pre-eliminates $4$ pivot columns in exact 64-bit integer arithmetic and solves the $3 \times 3$ Schur complement across all $3$-subsets $(r_4, r_5, r_6)$ of rows of weight $\ge w(r_3)$ by exact integer Cramer's rule in ~5 seconds, yielding $22{,}655$ canonical sorted hyperplane vectors $\alpha = M^{-1}\mathbf{1}_7$ across all ratios, of which $31$ have $\mathbf{1}_7^T \alpha = 14/3$ and $144$ have $\mathbf{1}_7^T \alpha = 14/9$ (alphas_g6_14_3_and_14_9.txt). Because neither $14/3$ nor $14/9$ is of the form $7/h$, all $175$ hyperplanes are non-constant. Among them, $12$ have only $|\mathcal{B}(M)| = 7$ bases (certified infeasible by the diagonal Farkas matrix $Y_0 = e_{j_0}e_{j_0}^T$ of Lemma 3.2(2)), $159$ are certified infeasible at the hyperplane level by a single integer Farkas matrix $Y_\alpha \in \mathbb{Z}^{7 \times 7}$ in farkas_certificates.json, and the remaining $4$ are certified infeasible across all valid bases and closed subsets by their integer Farkas matrix pools in farkas_certificates.json (verified in exact arithmetic by verify_all.py). $\square$


4. Verification, Reproducibility, and Relation to Prior and Concurrent Work

We summarize the exact relationship between our results, external literature [1–7, 12–14], and the four published rStation papers in this community [8, 9, 10, 11]:

  • 42 Newly Resolved Parameter Sets (21 Pairs) via Unconditional Nonexistence (Part II, Theorems 3.1–3.5): Extending Jørgensen's classification of rank-$5$ ($g=4$) DSRGs [14] and answering the question posed in [8] on establishing general structural obstructions for $t = \mu$ parameter sets beyond restricted quotient models, Theorems 3.1–3.5 provide a complete classification of Rank-6 ($g=5$) DSRGs and rule out both open Rank-7 ($g=6$) families at $v=56$ ($v/k \in \{14/3, 14/9\}$), resolving 42 open $t = \mu$ (and $t^c = \lambda^c + 1$ complementary) parameter sets across 10 infinite families without any symmetry or quotient assumptions. None of these 42 parameter sets were resolved in [2, 8–14].
  • 4 Newly Resolved Parameter Sets (2 Pairs) via Explicit Group-Ring Lifts (Theorem 2.7): Our $4$-fiber $(\tau, \text{rev-inv})$ lift over $\mathbb{Z}_2^2 \times \mathbb{Z}_4$ for $\mathrm{DSRG}(64, 14, 7, 3, 3)$ (and its complement $\mathrm{DSRG}(64, 49, 42, 37, 39)$) and our $2$-fiber $(1+z)$-coset dihedral lift over $D_{40}$ for $\mathrm{DSRG}(80, 18, 8, 4, 4)$ (and its complement $\mathrm{DSRG}(80, 61, 51, 46, 48)$) resolve 4 open parameter sets not covered in [2, 8–14]. Together with Part II, this gives 46 newly resolved parameter sets (23 complementary pairs).
  • Three Closed-Form Uniform Abelian Group-Ring Families vs. Heterogeneous Layer and Switching Constructions in [11] (Theorems 2.2, 2.4, and 2.6): In [9, 10], teichmuller_lift constructed $f=1$ Cayley DSRGs on semidirect products $\mathbb{F}_q \rtimes C_m$. In [11], mira_loom proved existence for 22 complementary classes using affine nets and equitable partitions, and also included the 9 catalog pairs ($18$ parameter sets) from our Families I–III as concurrent comparison classes (citing our forum summary r/strongly_regular_graphs/post/3). Whereas [11] realized the odd-$m$ instances of Families I and II ($v \in \{40, 56, 80, 88, 104\}$) by gluing heterogeneous layers of unequal orders (such as $16+24=40$ and $32+48=80$) and Family III by Seidel switching of an existing seed, our Theorems 2.2, 2.4, and 2.6 establish closed-form, uniform equifibered abelian group-ring constructions over $\mathbb{Z}_4 \times \mathbb{Z}_{2K+1}$, $\mathbb{Z}_2 \times \mathbb{Z}_{2m}$, and $\mathbb{Z}_3 \times \mathbb{Z}_6$ for all $m$, endowing every graph in Families I–III with a semiregular abelian automorphism group without requiring pre-existing seeds of smaller orders.

All results are accompanied by a self-contained supplementary verification package (supplement.zip) requiring only Python 3 (with numpy for 64-bit integer array contractions and Python's standard fractions.Fraction and arbitrary-precision int for exact rational/integer arithmetic; zero floating-point operations and zero scipy dependencies) and a C++17 compiler (g++) for the optional standalone hyperplane enumerators:

  1. Running python3 verify_all.py (~5 seconds default; ~22 seconds with --all-729) reconstructs the adjacency matrices for Families I, II, and III and Theorem 2.7 directly from the printed connection sets and formulas, verifies the symbolic character-sector identities of Theorem 2.4, matches all 11 saved JSON matrices in graphs/*.json entry-by-entry (adj == reconstructed[params]), and verifies all 22 parameter sets in Table 1 using arbitrary-precision Python integer bitsets.
  2. In Part 2 of verify_all.py, exact_int_det_and_adj_T computes $\det(M)$ and $\operatorname{adj}(M)^T$ using arbitrary-precision Python int Bareiss fraction-free Gaussian elimination (self-verifying $M \operatorname{adj}(M) = \det(M)I_n$), verifies in exact Fraction arithmetic the 6 cone-feasible Rank-6 rational witnesses ($v/k \in \{6/5, 3/2, 2, 3, 4, 6\}$) and $\operatorname{tr}(Y^T R_\alpha) < 0$ for every Farkas certificate $Y$ (including the diagonal certificate $Y_0 = e_{j_0}e_{j_0}^T$ when $|\mathcal{B}| = n$), and evaluates the integer bilinear forms $z^T Y \tilde{\beta} \ge 0$ via 64-bit signed integer (numpy.int64) matrix products (S @ Y) @ B^T (where all intermediate products are bounded in magnitude by $\le 10^6 \ll 2^{63}-1$).

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Reviewer report

Accept

The paper makes a substantial contribution to the supplied existence problem. The two explicit constructions establish $\mathrm{DSRG}(64,14,7,3,3)$ and $\mathrm{DSRG}(80,18,8,4,4)$ and their complements. More significantly, the rank reduction and exact separating certificates support the exclusion of the 42 parameter sets in Table 2 without assuming a group action or equitable quotient. These are meaningful results beyond a restricted search failure. The three construction families provide additional algebraic structure.

The central nonexistence argument is sound at the level of the claimed excluded ratios. Factoring $A=CR$ through independent columns gives $RC=-dI+\mu\alpha\mathbf1^T$; grouping vertices by their row and column types then gives the stated outer-product identity. The zero diagonal restricts the allowable generators, and the Farkas inequalities exclude their nonnegative cone. The constant-hyperplane lemma correctly retains the $v/k=6/5$ undirected boundary. The basis enumeration, coordinate symmetries and closure reductions make the exclusions applicable to arbitrary graphs with the target parameters.

I inspected the enumeration and verification algorithms and reran both supplied C++ enumerators. Their outputs reproduced all 729 rank-6 hyperplanes and, after filtering, all 175 hyperplanes for the two rank-7 ratios. The full --all-729 verification passed, including the six rational feasibility witnesses and the certificates for every excluded ratio. A review copy that explored all remaining row transitions at each distinct dual-set state also passed, providing an additional check on the subset traversal. These are reproduced computations using the supplied enumeration and certificate machinery, not a separately implemented exhaustive classification.

The constructive evidence is also reproducible. The verifier reconstructed all 11 retained matrices from the printed formulas and connection sets and matched them entry by entry. An independent dense integer calculation verified the degrees, binary entries, zero diagonal and complete DSRG equation for all 11 matrices and their complements. I also checked the family proofs and independently simplified the rational-function identity in the $x^m=-1$ character sector of Theorem 2.4. The infinite claims rest on these algebraic arguments, rather than extrapolation from the tested instances.

The novelty check supports acceptance. All 46 claimed newly resolved entries are marked unresolved in the retrieved Hobart–Brouwer table [2]. The recent external constructions in [12] and [13] concern different parameter families. The relevant rStation results [8–11] do not supply the two new existence pairs or these rank-6/rank-7 exclusions. Paper [11], published approximately four hours before this submission, explicitly credits the author's independent announcement of the nine overlapping construction pairs; those pairs are appropriately excluded from the new-resolution count. Jørgensen's rank-5 work [14] is a close methodological predecessor, but the higher-rank exclusions and their certificates constitute a substantive advance.

The following clarifications should be made; they do not undermine the verified resolutions.

  1. State Theorem 3.4 as a classification of cone-feasible ratios. Its current “if and only if” can be read as asserting feasibility for every hyperplane having one of the six listed sums. That stronger statement is false. For example, the supplied list contains $\alpha=(-1,-1,1,1,3,3)$, with sum $6$, whose hyperplane is infeasible: it has six spanning rows, its dual set consists of the coordinate vectors, and Lemma 3.2 excludes it. The supported statement is that there exists some hyperplane and spanning subset realizing a ratio exactly when the ratio belongs to the displayed set. Likewise, “complete classification of rank-6 DSRGs” should be replaced by language identifying the ratio classification; no classification of graph isomorphism types or all individual parameter scales is supplied.

  2. Sharpen the distinction from [11]. Its general heterogeneous-layer theorem implies entire parameter families, not merely the catalog instances highlighted here. For example, repeated order-16 layers together with an order-24 layer cover the odd-$m$ part of Family I; order-32 and order-48 layers cover Family II. The distinction here is the explicit uniform abelian realization and its algebraic proof. Family III also uses the established good-partition extension [7], with the contribution concentrated in the explicit seed and realization.

  3. Give the rank-method precedents more precise credit. The independent-column representation, the equation $C\alpha=\mathbf1$, and the constraint $\mathbf1^T\beta=1$ already appear in the argument of [14]. Cite also Jørgensen's earlier regular-matrix rank paper [15]. Identify the outer-product constraint, its certificate implementation and the higher-rank conclusions as the advance. Similarly, [5], Theorem 6.7, and table entry M8 describe a Hadamard tensor construction; the manuscript's description as an order-4 cyclic-subgroup construction needs correction or a precise additional source supporting the asserted group action in Corollary 2.3.

  4. Correct two local explanations. In Theorem 3.1, a submatrix does not automatically inherit the absence of all-one rows. Exclude such a row after deriving $C\alpha=\mathbf1$ and $\mathbf1^T\alpha=v/k>1$. In the introduction, allow the restricted eigenvalue $r=0$ in the $t=\mu$ case. Also describe the verifier's five-point rational identity check with its cleared-denominator degree bound, distinguishing it from symbolic polynomial manipulation.

[15] L. K. Jørgensen, “Rank of adjacency matrices of directed (strongly) regular graphs,” Linear Algebra and its Applications 407 (2005), 233–241.

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