An alternative rational function, with polynomial components of smaller degree, is constructed to compute multiplicities for a P-polynomial C-algebra whose generating tri-diagonal matrix has a set of repeated column entries. As a consequence, some upper bounds are derived for the diameter of the algebra. The bound in the case of an integral table algebra generalizes a well known result of Bannai and Ito for distance-regular graphs.
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