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  Editors-in-chief: C. A. Athanasiadis, T. Lam, A. Munemasa, H. Van Maldeghem
ISSN 0925-9899 (print) • ISSN 1572-9192 (electronic)
 

Semiboolean SQS-skeins

Andreas J. Guelzow

DOI: 10.1023/A:1022411724747

Abstract

We will present a counter example to the conjecture that the class of boolean SQS-skeins is defined by the equation q( x, u, q( y, u, z)) = q( q( x, u, y), u, z ). The SQS-skeins satisfying this equation will be seen to be exactly those SQS-skeins that correspond to Steiner quadruple systems whose derived Steiner triple systems are all projective geometries.

Pages: 147–153

Keywords: Steiner quadruple system; Steiner triple system; SQS-skein; semiboolean; derived Steiner triple system; projective geometry

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