Existence of \((v,\{5,w^*\},1)\)-PBDs. (Q1428515): Difference between revisions

Pairwise balanced designs on \(v\) elements having exactly one block of size \(w\) and all other blocks of size \(5\) are investigated. The necessary conditions are that \(v \equiv w \equiv 1 \pmod{4}\), \(v \geq 4w+1\) and either \(v \equiv w \pmod{20}\) or \(v+w \equiv 6 \pmod{20}\). In this paper, cases with \(37 \leq w \leq 97\) are treated and the necessary conditions are shown to be sufficient with 67 possible exceptions. In addition, three of the 8 previously remaining exceptions when \(w \leq 33\) are eliminated. Applications to the embedding of resolvable block designs with block size four, pairwise balanced designs with a block of size 5, and coverings with block size five, are discussed.