MAXIMAL CONSISTENT FAMILIES OF TRIPLES,

Abstract

A family F of three element subsets of an n-element set Sn is called n-consistent if the intersection of any two sets of F contain at most one element of Sn. We find maximal (in number of elements) F for all n. For certain n the F are Steiner Triple Systems. The construction of the F is constructive. Structure Theorems are given determining the graph of doublets not covered by triplets in F. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1966
Accession Number
AD0640304

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People

  • Joel Spencer

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

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Fields of Study

  • Mathematics

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