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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2019 ii Paper 1 17G d Solution by
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Suppose the only distinct eigenvalues are and . As in part (c), acts by on and by on , so its spectral decomposition isEvery diagonal entry of an adjacency matrix is zero, givingThus every off-diagonal entry is the same number . Since these entries belong to and the graph is connected with at least two vertices, that common value must be one. Hence and is the complete graph .
Conversely, has adjacency matrix , with eigenvalue on and eigenvalue on . Therefore the requested graphs are preciselyas stated by the connected regular graph with two adjacency eigenvalues characterization.
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