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Constructing Steiner Triple Systems Algorithmically
I want to create STS(n) algorithmically. I know there are STS(n)s for $n \cong 1,3 \mod 6$. But it is difficult to actually construct the triples. For STS(7) it is pretty easy and but for larger n I ...
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Linear combinations of special matrices
I am a hobby computer scientist and I have a problem to which I am searching an efficient algorithm.
Given an integer n, we want to combine some square input-matrices of size n in a way that is ...
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Minimally intersecting subsets of fixed size
The question I have, is how to generate the following collection of subsets:
Given a set $S$ of size $n$. I want to find a sequence of $k$ subsets of fixed size $m$, $0<m<n$, such that at each ...
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3-partition of a special set
$S_5$ is a set consisting of the following 5-length sequences $s$: (1) each digit of $s$ is $a$, $b$, or $c$; (2) $s$ has and only has one digit that is $c$.
$T_5$ is a set consisting of the following ...
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