Association schemes on triples from affine special semilinear groups

Abstract

Association schemes on triples (ASTs) are 3-dimensional analogues of classical association schemes. If a group acts two-transitively on a set, the orbits of the action induced on the triple Cartesian product of that set yields an AST. By considering the actions of semidirect products of the affine special linear group ASL(k,n) with subgroups of the Galois group Gal(GF(n)), we obtain the sizes, third valencies, and intersection numbers of the ASTs obtained from subgroups of the affine special semilinear group.