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The Hoffman–Singleton theorem: Moore graphs are SRG.
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which must be integers.
 
In 1960, [[Alan J. Hoffman|Alan Hoffman]] and Robert Singleton examined those expressions when applied on [[Moore graph]]s, which are strongly regular graphs that have ''λ'' = 0 and ''μ'' = 1. Such graphs are free of triangles (otherwise ''λ'' would exceed zero) and quadrilaterals (otherwise ''μ'' would exceed 1), hence they have a girth (smallest cycle length) of 5. Substituting the values of ''λ'' and ''μ'' in the equation <math>(v - k - 1)\mu = k(k - \lambda - 1)</math>, it can be seen that <math>v = k^2 + 1</math>, and the eigenvalue multiplicities reduce to
:<math>M_{\pm} = \frac{1}{2}\left[k^2 \pm \frac{2k - k^2}{\sqrt{4k - 3}}\right]</math>
 
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The Hoffman-Singleton theorem states that there are no strongly regular girth-5 Moore graphs except the ones listed above.
 
==See also==