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We give a theoretical proof of the fact that the orthomorphism graph of group \(\mathbb{Z}_2 \times \mathbb{Z}_4\) has maximal clique 2 by determining the structure of the graph.
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Jain, V., Pradhan, R. The structure of the orthomorphism graph of \(\mathbb{Z}_2 \times \mathbb{Z}_4\). Acta Math. Hungar. 170, 670–680 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10474-023-01366-y
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