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Old and new results on perfect coverings

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  • Triple System
  • Minimal Cardinality
  • Balance Incomplete Block Design
  • Steiner System
  • Finite Geometry

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Stanton, R.G. (1982). Old and new results on perfect coverings. In: Billington, E.J., Oates-Williams, S., Street, A.P. (eds) Combinatorial Mathematics IX. Lecture Notes in Mathematics, vol 952. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0061977

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