Theory of Association Schemes

• Main Author: Zieschang, Paul-Hermann (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2005.
• Series: Springer Monographs in Mathematics,
• Subjects: Mathematics.; Group theory.; Geometry.; Combinatorics.; Group Theory and Generalizations.

The present text is an introduction to the theory of association schemes. We start with the de?nition of an association scheme (or a scheme as we shall say brie?y), and in order to do so we ?x a set and call it X. We write 1 to denote the set of all pairs (x,x) with x? X. For each subset X ? r of th...