Triplewhist tournaments with the three person property (Q2459497): Difference between revisions

A triplewhist tournament for \(v=4n\) (\(4n+1\), resp.) with the three person property 3PTWh\((v)\) is a schedule of games for four players \((a,b,c,d)\), where \(\{a,c\}\) and \(\{b,d\}\) are partners, \(\{a,b\}\) and \(\{c,d\}\) are opponents of the first kind and \(\{a,d\}\) and \(\{b,c\}\) are opponents of the second kind, such that: (i) the games are arranged in \(4n-1\) (\(4n+1\), resp.) rounds each of \(n\) games; (ii) each player plays in exactly one game in each round (all rounds but one, resp.); (iii) each player is an opponent of the first (second, resp.) kind exactly once with each other player; (iv) any two games do not have three common players. In the paper under review, the author proves that that the necessary existence conditions \(v \geq 8\) and \(v \equiv 0,1 \pmod{4}\) for a 3PTWh\((v)\) are also sufficient except for \(v=9,12,13\) and possibly for \(v=17\). The constructions are direct and recursive depending on \(v\).