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The Search for Pseudo Orthogonal Latin Squares of Order Six

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We report on the completecomputer search for a strongly regular graph with parameters(36,15,6,6) and chromatic number six. The resultis that no such graph exists.

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  1. Technical University Eindhoven, Netherlands

    Frans C. Bussemaker

  2. Tilburg University, Netherlands

    Willem H. Haemers

  3. University of Glasgow, Scotland

    Edward Spence

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Bussemaker, F.C., Haemers, W.H. & Spence, E. The Search for Pseudo Orthogonal Latin Squares of Order Six. Designs, Codes and Cryptography 21, 77–82 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1008379409579

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