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Designs over finite fields by difference methods

Combinatorics 2019-02-27 v2

Abstract

One of the very first results about designs over finite fields, by S. Thomas, is the existence of a cyclic 2-(n,3,7)(n,3,7) design over F2\mathbb{F}_{2} for every integer nn coprime with 6. Here, by means of difference methods, we reprove and improve a little bit this result showing that it is true, more generally, for every odd nn. In this way, we also find the first infinite family of non-trivial cyclic group divisible designs over F2\mathbb{F}_{2}.

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@article{arxiv.1808.06657,
  title  = {Designs over finite fields by difference methods},
  author = {Marco Buratti and Anamari Nakic},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1808.06657},
  year   = {2019}
}
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