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A066701 Triangle giving number of nonisomorphic minimal covering designs with parameters (n, k, k-1) (designs achieving the covering number C(n,k,k-1) given in A066010), for n >= 2, 2 <= k <= n. +0
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1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 4, 1, 1, 1, 1, 5, 1, 6, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 77, 3, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 58, 1, 40, 1, 20, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2 (list; table; graph; listen)
OFFSET

2,18

COMMENT

C(v,k,t) is the smallest number of k-subsets of an n-set such that every t-subset is contained in at least one of the k-subsets. This sequence says how many different solutions there are for C(n,k,k-1).

REFERENCES

CRC Handbook of Combinatorial Designs, 1996, p. 263.

W. H. Mills and R. C. Mullin, Coverings and packings, pp. 371-399 of J. H. Dinitz and D. R. Stinson, editors,a Contemporary Design Theory, Wiley, 1992.

LINKS

D. Applegate, E. M. Rains and N. J. A. Sloane, On asymmetric coverings and covering numbers, J. Comb. Des. 11 (2003), 218-228.

D. Gordon, La Jolla Repository of Coverings

K. J. Nurmela and P. R. J. Ostergard, New coverings of t-sets with (t+1)-sets, J. Combinat. Designs, 7 (1999), 217-226.

K. J. Nurmela and P. R. J. Ostergard, New coverings of t-sets with (t+1)-sets (appendix), J. Combinat. Designs, 7 (1999), 217-226.

Index entries for covering numbers

Index entries for sequences related to Steiner systems

CROSSREFS

Cf. A066010. A030129 gives entries in second column in the cases when a Steiner triple system exists.

A051390 gives entries in 3rd column in the cases when a Steiner quadruple system exists.

Adjacent sequences: A066698 A066699 A066700 this_sequence A066702 A066703 A066704

Sequence in context: A046592 A010326 A053231 this_sequence A046563 A046591 A119350

KEYWORD

nonn,nice,tabl

AUTHOR

njas, Jan 11 2002

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