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A Steiner 2-design S(2,k, v) is said to be 1-rotational if it admits an automorphism whose cycle structure is a (v − 1)-cycle and a fixed point. In this paper, a recursive construction of 1-rotational Steiner 2-designs is given.
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Jimbo, M. A recursive construction of 1-rotational Steiner 2-designs. Aeq. Math. 26, 184–190 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02189681
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