Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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4655442 | Journal of Combinatorial Theory, Series A | 2013 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
For each positive integer n, we construct a Steiner triple system of order v=2(3n)+1 with no almost parallel class; that is, with no set of vâ13 disjoint triples. In fact, we construct families of (v,k,λ)-designs with an analogous property. The only previously known examples of Steiner triple systems of order congruent to 1(mod6) without almost parallel classes were the projective triple systems of order 2nâ1 with n odd, and 2 of the 11,084,874,829 Steiner triple systems of order 19.
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Authors
Darryn Bryant, Daniel Horsley,