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Chapter6The Hoffman-Singleton Graph

Robert A. Beezer

In this chapter, we use the vertices, edges, factors and factorizations of \(K_6\) to create three interesting combinatorial structures, including the Hoffman-Singleton Graph.

The computations of the vertices, edges, factors and factorizations from Chapter 5 will need to be repeated in each section before we can begin.