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  Editors-in-chief: C. A. Athanasiadis, T. Lam, A. Munemasa, H. Van Maldeghem
ISSN 0925-9899 (print) • ISSN 1572-9192 (electronic)
 

Association schemes, fusion rings, C-algebras, and reality-based algebras where all nontrivial multiplicities are equal

Harvey I. Blau

DOI: 10.1007/s10801-009-0197-9

Abstract

Multiplicities corresponding to irreducible characters are defined for reality-based algebras. These algebras with a distinguished basis include fusion rings, C-algebras, and the adjacency algebras of finite association schemes. The definition of multiplicity generalizes that for schemes. For a broad class of these structures, which includes the adjacency algebras, it is proved that if all the nontrivial multiplicities are equal then the algebra is commutative, and is a C-algebra if its dimension is larger than two.

Pages: 491–499

Keywords: keywords reality-based algebra; C-algebra; adjacency algebra; association scheme; fusion ring; multiplicity

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