On primitivity and reduction for flag-transitive symmetric designs

DOI10.1016/J.JCTA.2004.08.002zbMath1055.05014OpenAlexW2037501403MaRDI QIDQ1763878

Eugenia O'Reilly-Regueiro

Publication date: 22 February 2005

Published in: Journal of Combinatorial Theory. Series A (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcta.2004.08.002

zbMATH Keywords

BiplanesFlag-transitiveSymmetric designs

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Combinatorial aspects of block designs (05B05)

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