Symmetric designs as the solution of an extremal problem in combinatorial set theory (Q1108273)

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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 4066898
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Symmetric designs as the solution of an extremal problem in combinatorial set theory
scientific article; zbMATH DE number 4066898

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    Symmetric designs as the solution of an extremal problem in combinatorial set theory (English)
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    1988
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    A proof is given for the result that \(\nu <(k^2-k+\lambda)/\lambda\) for an equi-replicated, equi-set sized design in \(\nu\) symbols and set size \(k\), where any two sets intersect in at least \(\lambda\) symbols. The equality is attained for a symmetric balanced incomplete block design.
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    Johnson scheme
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    Bose-Mesner algebra
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    adjacency matrix
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    Hahn polynomial
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    symmetric balanced incomplete block design
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