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A class of Steiner triple systems of order 21 21 and associated Kirkman systems

Abstract

We examine a class of Steiner triple systems or order 21 with an automorphism consisting of three disjoint cycles of length 7. We exhibit explicitly all members of this class: they number 95 including the 7 cyclic systems. We then examine resolvability of the obtained systems; only 6 of the 95 are resolvable yielding a total of 30 nonisomorphic Kirkman triple systems of order 21. We also list several invariants of the systems and investigate their further properties.

Authors

Mathon RA; Phelps KT; Rosa A

Journal

Mathematics of Computation, Vol. 37, No. 155, pp. 209–222

Publisher

American Mathematical Society (AMS)

Publication Date

January 1, 1981

DOI

10.1090/s0025-5718-1981-0616374-9

ISSN

0025-5718

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