Coverings pairs by quintuples: The case v congruent to 3 (mod 4) (Q1116950)

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Coverings pairs by quintuples: The case v congruent to 3 (mod 4)
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    Coverings pairs by quintuples: The case v congruent to 3 (mod 4) (English)
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    1988
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    Let C(v) be the least number of quintuples in a v-set V with the property that each pair of distinct elements from V occurs in at least one quintuple. If \(v\equiv 3\) (mod 4), the authors show that \(C(v)=\lceil v\lceil (v-1)/4\rceil 5\rceil\) except for \(v=3,7,15\).
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    coverings
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    quintuple
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