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Derived Mendelsohn triple systems

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 April 2009

Zoran Stojaković
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Institute of Mathematics University of Novi SadTrg D. Obradovića 4 21000 Novi Sad, Yugoslavia
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Mendelsohn triple system of order ν which can be extended to a tetrahedral quadruple system of order ν + 1 we call a derived Mendelsohn triple system. We consider some properties of derived Mendelsohn triple systems and give some results on their existence.

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Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1994

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