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A Theorem on Steiner Systems

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

N. S. Mendelsohn
N. S. Mendelsohn*
Affiliation:
The University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba
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1. Definitions and notation. A generalized Steiner system (t-design, tactical configuration) with parameters t, λt, k, v is a system (T, B), where T is a set of v elements, B is a set of blocks each of which is a k-subset of T (but note that blocks bi and bj may be the same k-subset of T) and such that every set of t elements of T belongs to exactly λt of the blocks. If we put λt = u we denote by Su(t, k, v) the collection of all systems with these parameters. Thus Q ∈ Su(t, k, v) means Q = (T, B) is a system with the given parameters. If λt = u = 1, we write S(t, k, v) instead of S1(t, k, v) and refer to the system as a Steiner system. If t = 2, the system is called a balanced incomplete block design.

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Research Article
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Canadian Journal of Mathematics , Volume 22 , Issue 5 , 01 October 1970 , pp. 1010 - 1015
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Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 1970

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