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Universal Cycles for Minimum Coverings of Pairs by Triples, with Application to 2-Radius Sequences

Combinatorics 2010-08-11 v1 Discrete Mathematics

Abstract

A new ordering, extending the notion of universal cycles of Chung {\em et al.} (1992), is proposed for the blocks of kk-uniform set systems. Existence of minimum coverings of pairs by triples that possess such an ordering is established for all orders. Application to the construction of short 2-radius sequences is given, with some new 2-radius sequences found through computer search.

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@article{arxiv.1008.1608,
  title  = {Universal Cycles for Minimum Coverings of Pairs by Triples, with Application to 2-Radius Sequences},
  author = {Yeow Meng Chee and San Ling and Yin Tan and Xiande Zhang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1008.1608},
  year   = {2010}
}

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18 pages, to appear in Mathematics of Computation