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Camina Triples and the Wedge Product of Association Schemes

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In this paper, we first show that the group scheme of a Camina triple has the wedge product structure of association schemes. Then as a main result, we give a characterization of Camina triples in terms of their irreducible characters.

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Bagherian, J. Camina Triples and the Wedge Product of Association Schemes. Bull. Iran. Math. Soc. 45, 1515–1529 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s41980-019-00212-8

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