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In this paper, we calculate the characters of two classes of P-polynomial table algebras. To this end, we apply some linear algebra methods and tridiagonal matrices to obtain the characters of these table algebras.
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Koohestani, M., Rahnamai Barghi, A. & Amiraslani, A. The Application of Tridiagonal Matrices in P-polynomial Table Algebras. Iran J Sci Technol Trans Sci 44, 1125–1129 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40995-020-00924-1
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