On some parametric classifications of quasi-symmetric 2-designs

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Published: Sep 30, 2015
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5556/j.tkjm.46.2015.1755
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Quasi-symmetric design triangle free design block intersection numbers.

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Debashis Ghosh
Lakshmi Kanta Dey

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Quasi-symmetric $2$-designs with block intersection numbers $x$ and $y$, where $y=x+4$ and $x > 0$ are considered. If $D(v, b, r, k, \lambda; x, y)$ is a quasi-symmetric $2$-design with above condition, then it is shown that the number of such designs is finite, whenever $3\leq x \leq 68$. Moreover, the non-existence of triangle free quasi-symmetric $2$-designs under these parameters is obtained.

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Ghosh, D., & Dey, L. K. (2015). On some parametric classifications of quasi-symmetric 2-designs. Tamkang Journal of Mathematics, 46(3), 269–280. https://doi.org/10.5556/j.tkjm.46.2015.1755
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Vol. 46 No. 3 (2015)
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Debashis Ghosh

Department of Mathematics, Birbhum Institute of Engineering and Technology, Suri, Birbhum - 731 101, West Bengal, India

Lakshmi Kanta Dey

Department ofMathematics, National Institute of Technology Durgapur, Durgapur-713 209,West Bengal, India.

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