Steiner triple system

GPTKB entity

Statements (23)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf combinatorics
gptkbp:definedIn a set of n elements with 3-element subsets (blocks) such that every pair of elements appears in exactly one block
gptkbp:existsIn n ≡ 1 or 3 (mod 6)
gptkbp:hasBlockSize 3
gptkbp:hasMultipleSTS 13
gptkbp:hasNotationFor STS(n)
gptkbp:hasSmallestNontrivialOrder 7
gptkbp:hasSpecialCase gptkb:Steiner_system
gptkbp:hasUniqueSTS 7
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Steiner triple system
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Jakob_Steiner
gptkbp:order n
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:projective_plane_of_order_2
Kirkman triple system
gptkbp:studiedBy 19th century
gptkbp:usedIn gptkb:geometry
coding theory
cryptography
experimental design
design theory
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Steiner_system
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8