A Steiner triple system of order u is called reverse if its automorphism group contains an involution fixing only one point. We show mat such a system exists if and only if u = 1,3, 9 or 19 (mod 24).
On the existence of automorphism free Steiner triple systems
β Scribed by Charles C Lindner; Alexander Rosa
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1975
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 672 KB
- Volume
- 34
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0021-8693
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
π SIMILAR VOLUMES
## Abstract We consider two wellβknown constructions for Steiner triple systems. The first construction is recursive and uses an STS(__v__) to produce a nonβresolvable STS(2__v__β+β1), for __v__ββ‘β1 (mod 6). The other construction is the Wilson construction that we specify to give a nonβresolvable
Geometric properties are used to determine the chromatic number of AG(4, 3) and to derive some important facts on the chromatic number of PG(n, 2). It is also shown that a 4-chromatic STS(v) exists for every admissible order v β₯ 21.
Let D(u) be the maximum number of pairwk disjoint Steiner triple sysiems of order v. We prove that D(3v:r 2 2v + D(v) for every u = 1 oi 3 (mod 6), u 2 3. As a corollary, we have D(3n) -3n-2 for every n 2 1.