Some new Kirkman signal sets (Q1671633)

A resolvable Steiner triple systems of order \(v\), \(STS(v)\) for short, is resolvable if all its blocks can be partitioned into full parallel classes. A partial parallel class (PPC) of a \(STS(v)\) is a set of blocks that are vertex disjoint, but do not necessarily partition the point set. The paper considers \(STS(v)\) whose blocks can be partitioned into partial parallel classes (PPCs) in the uniform case, i.e., each PPC contains the same number \(m\) of blocks. When \(v \equiv 1, 3 \pmod 6\) this is equivalent to a Kirkman signal set \(KSS(v,m)\). Existence of \(KSS(v,m)\) were given by \textit{C. J. Colbourn} et al. [ibid. 65, No. 3, 199--212 (2012; Zbl 1254.05029)] for sufficiently large \(v\) and under some conditions on \(m\). Existence were also given for some small \(v\). In this paper the existence of \(KSS(4v-3, v-1)\) is assured for every \(v > 9\) such that \(v\equiv 3 \pmod 6\). Other new families of \(KSS(v,m)\) are given when \(v\) is a product of two arbitrary integers that are both congruent to \(3 \pmod 6\).