A Note on Partial Parallel Classes in Steiner Systems
โ Scribed by C.C. Lindner; K.T. Phelps
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1978
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 293 KB
- Volume
- 24
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0012-365X
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โฆ Synopsis
A partial parallel class of blocks of a Steiner system Sir. k. VI i\ a collection of pairs iw disjoint blocks. The purpose of thk note is to show that any S(k. k + 1. 17 I Steiner c.\rem. LVI~~J ua k"+3k3+ k2+ 1, h as a partial parallel class containing at least i L' -k + I r/(k -+ 21 bicd~.
1. Introdnctfon
An S(k, k + 1, u) Steiner system is a pair (S, 77 where S is a finite set of size I!
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