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Wilbrink: an automorphism of prime order p>7p>7p>7 of a (99,14,1,2)(99,14,1,2)(99,14,1,2) graph is fixed-point-free

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Conway99.conway_99_no_fixed_point_of_prime_order

by Gabewhigham · Sep 6, 2026 · Mathlib 0df444a (Lean v4.33.1)

combinatoricsgraph-theorystrongly-regular-graphs

Let GGG be a strongly regular graph with parameters (n,k,λ,μ)=(99,14,1,2)(n,k,\lambda,\mu)=(99,14,1,2)(n,k,λ,μ)=(99,14,1,2): it has 999999 vertices, every vertex has 141414 neighbours, two adjacent vertices have exactly one common neighbour, and two distinct non-adjacent vertices have exactly two common neighbours.

Let ppp be a prime with p>7p>7p>7 and let σ\sigmaσ be an automorphism of GGG of order exactly ppp. Then σ\sigmaσ fixes no vertex:

σ(v)≠vfor every vertex v.\sigma(v)\neq v \qquad \text{for every vertex } v .σ(v)=vfor every vertex v.

Since λ=1\lambda=1λ=1, the graph carries the structure of a partial linear space whose lines are the triangles; each vertex lies on 777 lines. The statement is the first step in the analysis of the possible automorphisms of a hypothetical 999999-graph: it forces the orbits of σ\sigmaσ to all have length ppp, so that p∣99p \mid 99p∣99 and hence p=11p=11p=11.

Formalization Note The order of σ\sigmaσ in the automorphism group g≃ggg \simeq_g gg≃g​g is expressed with orderOf; the group structure is the one Mathlib puts on self-isomorphisms of a relation.

Preamble
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.StronglyRegular
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.Maps
import Mathlib.Algebra.Order.Group.End
import Mathlib.GroupTheory.OrderOfElement

open SimpleGraph
Formal statement
namespace Conway99

theorem conway_99_no_fixed_point_of_prime_order {V : Type*} [Fintype V] {g : SimpleGraph V}
    [DecidableRel g.Adj] (h : g.IsSRGWith 99 14 1 2) {p : ℕ} (hp : p.Prime) (hp7 : 7 < p)
    (σ : g ≃g g) (hσ : orderOf σ = p) (v : V) : σ v ≠ v := by sorry

end Conway99
Source
H. A. Wilbrink, 'On the (99,14,1,2) strongly regular graph', in: Papers dedicated to J. J. Seidel (P. J. de Doelder, J. de Graaf, J. H. van Lint, eds.), EUT Report 84-WSK-03, Eindhoven University of Technology, 1984, pp. 342-355, https://pure.tue.nl/ws/files/2449333/256699.pdf ; Section 3, p. 349 (first paragraph)

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