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  "slug": "mgsl-claim-moore-upper-bound",
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  "title": "The Moore bound gives a universal ceiling of 24",
  "summary": "Girth 25 would require 1,062,881 vertices, which is 32,681 too many.",
  "relevance": "For Largest girth from two generators of SL(2,101), record mgsl-claim-moore-upper-bound (“The Moore bound gives a universal ceiling of 24”) records a bound, answer, status fact, or structural consequence. The record states: Girth 25 would require 1,062,881 vertices, which is 32,681 too many.",
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  "body": "Suppose a 4-regular graph has girth at least 25. The nonbacktracking paths of length at most 12 starting at a fixed vertex have distinct endpoints. Otherwise two such paths would give a cycle of length at most 24. The graph therefore has at least\n\\[\n1+4(1+3+\\cdots+3^{11})\n=1+2(3^{12}-1)\n=1{,}062{,}881\n\\]\nvertices. The Cayley graphs in this problem have 1,030,200 vertices, so their girth is at most 24.",
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    "kind": "bounded",
    "statement": "every simple 4-regular graph on 1,030,200 vertices, including every eligible Cayley graph in the problem",
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      "url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/0707.1833",
      "locator": "Gamburd, Hoory, Shahshahani, Shalev, and Virag, On the girth of random Cayley graphs, Section 1 discusses the Moore counting bound; the numerical specialization is shown here"
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  "source": {
    "url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/0707.1833",
    "locator": "Gamburd, Hoory, Shahshahani, Shalev, and Virag, On the girth of random Cayley graphs, Section 1 discusses the Moore counting bound; the numerical specialization is shown here"
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    {
      "slug": "R519",
      "title": "The maximum girth is currently certified between 17 and 24",
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