Some bounds for the number of blocks. III.

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Abstract: Let mathcalD=(Omega,mathcalB) be a pair of v point set Omega and a set mathcalB consists of k point subsets of Omega which are called blocks. Let d be the maximal cardinality of the intersections between the distinct two blocks in mathcalB. The triple (v,k,d) is called the parameter of mathcalB. Let b be the number of the blocks in mathcalB. It is shown that inequality holds for each i satisfying 1leqileqkd, in the paper: Some Bounds for the Number of Blocks, Europ. J. Combinatorics 22 (2001), 91--94, by R. Noda. If b achieves the upper bound, mathcalD is called a design. In the paper, an upper bound and a lower bound, frac(d+2i)(kd)ileqvleqfrac(d+2(i1))(kd)i1, for v of a design mathcalD are given. In the present paper we consider the cases when v does not achieve the upper bound or lower bound given above, and get new more strict bounds for v respectively. We apply this bound to the problem of the perfect e-codes in the Johnson scheme, and improve the bound given by Roos in 1983.









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