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Abstract
A (Formula presented.) -configuration is a set of (Formula presented.) blocks on (Formula presented.) points. For Steiner triple systems, (Formula presented.) -configurations are of particular interest. The smallest nontrivial such configuration is the Pasch configuration, which is a (Formula presented.) -configuration. A Steiner triple system of order (Formula presented.), an STS (Formula presented.), is (Formula presented.) -sparse if it does not contain any (Formula presented.) -configuration for (Formula presented.). The existence problem for anti-Pasch Steiner triple systems has been solved, but these have been classified only up to order 19. In the current work, a computer-aided classification shows that there are 83,003,869 isomorphism classes of anti-Pasch STS(21)s. Exploration of the classified systems reveals that there are three 5-sparse STS(21)s but no 6-sparse STS(21)s. The anti-Pasch STS(21)s lead to 14 Kirkman triple systems, none of which is doubly resolvable.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 75-83 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | Journal of Combinatorial Designs |
Volume | 29 |
Issue number | 2 |
Early online date | 17 Nov 2020 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Feb 2021 |
MoE publication type | A1 Journal article-refereed |
Keywords
- automorphism group
- Kirkman triple system
- Pasch configuration
- quadrilateral
- Steiner triple system
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Construction and Classification of Discrete Mathematic Structures
Östergård, P. (Principal investigator)
01/09/2015 → 31/08/2019
Project: Academy of Finland: Other research funding