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Small transitive homogeneous $3$-$(v,\{4,6\},1)$ designs

Combinatorics 2023-05-09 v1

Abstract

A 33-(v,{4,6},1)(v,\{4,6\},1) design is a configuration of vv points and a collection of 44- and 66-element subsets called blocks, that jointly contain every 3-element subset exactly once. Using an exhaustive computer search on v28v\leq 28 points we investigate the 33-(v,{4,6},1)(v,\{4,6\},1) designs that have a transitive automorphism group and where the blocks of size 6 form a 2-class symmetric design. A 2-class symmetric design with parameters (v,k;λ1,λ2;δ1,δ2)(v,k{;}\lambda_1,\lambda_2{;}\delta_1,\delta_2) is a set-system on vv points and vv blocks of size kk, where every pair of points are in λ1\lambda_1 or λ2\lambda_2 blocks and every pair of blocks intersect in δ1\delta_1 or δ2\delta_2 points. The 2-class symmetric designs include biplanes, semi-biplanes, and 2-class symmetric partially balanced incomplete block designs.

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@article{arxiv.2305.03833,
  title  = {Small transitive homogeneous $3$-$(v,\{4,6\},1)$ designs},
  author = {M. Epstein and D. L. Kreher and S. S. Magliveras},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2305.03833},
  year   = {2023}
}
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