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Large Sets of Mutually Almost Disjoint Steiner Triple Systems Not From Steiner Quadruple Systems

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We construct what we believe to be the first examples of large sets of υ MAD STS( υ) which are not obtained from Steiner quadruple systems

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Franek, F., Rosa, A. & Griggs, T.S. Large Sets of Mutually Almost Disjoint Steiner Triple Systems Not From Steiner Quadruple Systems. Designs, Codes and Cryptography 12, 59–67 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1008293825949

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