Eight octads suffice

DOI10.1016/0097-3165(84)90084-0MaRDI QIDQ787992zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Robert T. Curtis

Publication date 1984

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

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/0097-3165(84)90084-0

zbMATH Keywords

octadsparticular Steiner system

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Other designs, configurations (05B30) Steiner systems in finite geometry (51E10)

Review text

Let \(\Omega\) be a Steiner system S(5,8,24). It is shown that there exists a set of eight blocks, or octads, in \(\Omega\) such that \(\Omega\) is the only such Steiner system that contains all eight of them. Thus this set of eight octads determines \(\Omega\). No set of seven octads has this property.

Recommendations

• Behavior of Steiner systems of \(M_{24}\)
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• The Steiner system S(5,8, 24) constructed from dual affine planes

Cites work

• A new combinatorial approach to M₂₄
• A representation of the Mathieu group \(M_{24}\) as a collineation group
• scientific article; zbMATH DE number 3577144 (Why is no real title available?)

Cited in

(7)

• On the forcing matching numbers of prisms of graphs
• On the spectrum of minimal defining sets of full designs
• The chamber graph of the \(M_{24}\) maximal 2-local geometry
• The game of flipping coins
• Further elementary techniques using the miracle octad generator
• Some results on defining sets of t-designs
• A note on the rank 5 polytopes of \(\mathrm{M}_{24}\)

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