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Difference sets and planar polarities

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 May 2009

Michael J. Ganley
Michael J. Ganley
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University of Glasgow, Glasgow Gl2 8Qw
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A block design is a finite set p of elements called points, where |p| = v, together with certain distinguished subsets of p called blocks, such that

(i) each block contains k points,

(ii) each point is contained in r blocks, and

(iii) two distinct points are contained in precisely λ blocks.

Type
Research Article
Information
Glasgow Mathematical Journal , Volume 15 , Issue 2 , September 1974 , pp. 99 - 108
Copyright
Copyright © Glasgow Mathematical Journal Trust 1974

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