English

Strongly minimal Steiner Systems III: Path graphs and sparse configurations

Combinatorics 2022-01-28 v1

Abstract

We introduce a uniform method of proof for the following results. For {\em each} of the following conditions, there are 202^{\aleph_0} families of Steiner systems, satisfying that condition: i) Theorem~2.2.4: (extending \cite{Chicoetal}) each Steiner triple system is \infty-sparse and has a uniform but not perfect path graph; ii) (Theorem~5.4.2: (extending \cite{CameronWebb}) each Steiner kk-system (for k=pnk=p^n) is 22-transitive and has a uniform path graph (infinite cycles only); iii) Theorem~2.1.5: (extending \cite{Fujiwaramitre}, each is anti-Pasch (anti-mitre); iv) Theorem~3.6 has an explicit quasi-group structure. In each case all members of the family satisfy the same complete strongly minimal theory and it has 0\aleph_0 countable models and one model of each uncountable cardinal.

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@article{arxiv.2201.11566,
  title  = {Strongly minimal Steiner Systems III: Path graphs and sparse configurations},
  author = {John T. Baldwin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2201.11566},
  year   = {2022}
}

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27 pages, 2 figures The paper has been submitted to a combinatorics journal

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