On the existence of block-transitive combinatorial designs

zbMATH Open1250.05028arXiv1003.1879MaRDI QIDQ3575474FDOQ3575474

Authors: Michael Huber 

Publication date: 27 July 2010

Abstract: Block-transitive Steiner $t$-designs form a central part of the study of highly symmetric combinatorial configurations at the interface of several disciplines, including group theory, geometry, combinatorics, coding and information theory, and cryptography. The main result of the paper settles an important open question: There exist no non-trivial examples with $t=7$ (or larger). The proof is based on the classification of the finite 3-homogeneous permutation groups, itself relying on the finite simple group classification.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1003.1879

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zbMATH Keywords

combinatorial designblock-transitive group of automorphisms3-homogeneous permutation group

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Combinatorial aspects of block designs (05B05)

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