Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
4650640 Discrete Mathematics 2008 11 Pages PDF
Abstract

We give some constructions of new infinite families of group divisible designs, GDD(n,2,4;λ1,λ2)(n,2,4;λ1,λ2), including one which uses the existence of Bhaskar Rao designs. We show the necessary conditions are sufficient for 3⩽n⩽83⩽n⩽8. For n=10n=10 there is one missing critical design. If λ1>λ2λ1>λ2, then the necessary conditions are sufficient for n≡4,5,8(mod12). For each of n=10,15,16,17,18,19n=10,15,16,17,18,19, and 20 we indicate a small minimal set of critical designs which, if they exist, would allow construction of all possible designs for that n. The indices of each of these designs are also among those critical indices for every n in the same congruence class mod 12.

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