Abstract:
The possible orders and subgraphs of fixed points of the automorphisms of distance-regular graphs of diameter 4 which are $r$-coverings of a strongly regular graph with parameters (81,20,1,6) for $r\in\{2,3,6\}$ are found. It is proved that, if the automorphism group of a covering of the above type acts transitively on the set of vertices of the graph, then $r=3$.
Keywords:distance-regular graph, intersection array, adjacency maytix, covering of a graph, automorphism group, character of a finite group, clique, coclique, Sylow subgroup.