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Some Results on Configurations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 April 2009

Jennifer Wallis
Jennifer Wallis
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University of NewcastleNew South Wales 2308
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A (v, k, λ) configurations is conjectured to exist for every v, k and λ satisfying λ(v − 1) = k(k − 1) and k − λ is a square if v is even, x2 = (k − λ)y2 + (−1)(v−1)/2 λz2 has a solution in integers x, y and z not all zero for v odd.

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Research Article
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Journal of the Australian Mathematical Society , Volume 12 , Issue 3 , August 1971 , pp. 378 - 384
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Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1971

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