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1.1 The existence problem |
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1.2 upsilon identical to 3 (mod 6): The Bose Construction |
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1.3 upsilon identical to 1 (mod 6): The Skolem Construction |
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1.4 upsilon identical to 5 (mod 6): The 6n + 5 Construction |
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1.5 Quasigroups with holes and Steiner triple systems |
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1.5.1 Constructing quasigroups with holes |
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1.5.2 Constructing Steiner triple systems using quasigroups with holes |
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1.6 The Wilson Construction |
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1.7 Cyclic Steiner triple systems |
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1.8 The 2n + 1 and 2n + 7 Constructions |
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2.1 Triple systems of index λ greater than 1 |
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2.2 The existence of idempotent latin squares |
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2.3 2-Fold triple systems |
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2.3.1 Constructing 2-fold triple systems |
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2.4 Mendelsohn triple systems |
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2.6 λ-Fold triple systems in general |
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3 Quasigroup Identities and Graph Decompositions |
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3.1 Quasigroup identities |
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3.2 Mendelsohn triple systems revisited |
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3.3 Steiner triple systems revisited |
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4 Maximum Packings and Minimum Coverings |
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5.1 A recursive construction |
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5.2 Constructing pairwise balanced designs |
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6 Mutually Orthogonal Latin Squares |
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6.2 The Euler and MacNeish Conjectures |
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6.3 Disproof of the MacNeish Conjecture |
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6.4 Disproof of the Euler Conjecture |
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6.5 Orthogonal latin squares of order n identical to 2 (mod 4) |
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7 Affine and Projective Planes |
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7.3 Connections between affine and projective planes |
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7.4 Connection between affine planes and complete sets of MOLS |
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7.5 Coordinatizing the affine plane |
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8 Intersections of Steiner Triple Systems |
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8.1 Teirlinck's Algorithm |
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8.2 The general intersection problem |
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9.1 Embedding latin rectangles necessary conditions |
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9.2 Edge-coloring bipartite graphs |
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9.3 Embedding latin rectangles: Ryser's Sufficient Conditions |
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9.4 Embedding idempotent commutative latin squares: Cruse's Theorem |
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9.5 Embedding partial Steiner triple systems |
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10 Steiner Quadruple Systems |
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10.2 Constructions of Steiner Quadruple Systems |
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10.3 The Stern and Lenz Lemma |
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10.4 The (3upsilon 2u)-Construction |
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Appendices |
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A Cyclic Steiner Triple Systems |
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B Answers to Selected Exercises |
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References |
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Index |
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