Title of article :
Group divisible designs of four groups and block size five with configuration (1; 1; 1; 2)
Author/Authors :
mwesigwa, ronald mbarara university of science and technology, Uganda , sarvate, dinesh g. college of charleston - department of mathematics, usa , zhang, li the citadel - department of mathematics and computer science, usa
Abstract :
We present constructions and results about GDDs with four groups and block size five in which each block has Configuration (1; 1; 1; 2), that is, each block has exactly one point from three of the four groups and two points from the fourth group. We provide the necessary conditions of the existence of a GDD(n; 4; 5;λ1; λ2) with Configuration (1; 1; 1; 2), and show that the necessary conditions are sufficient for a GDD(n; 4; 5;λ1; λ2) with Configuration (1; 1; 1; 2) if n nequiv 0(mod 6), respectively.We also show that a GDD(n; 4; 5; 2n; 6(n-1)) with Configuration (1; 1; 1; 2) exists, and provide constructions for a GDD(n = 2t; 4; 5; n; 3(n-1)) with Configuration (1; 1; 1; 2) where n ≠ 12, and a GDD(n = 6t; 4; 5; 4t; 2(6t-1)) with Configuration (1; 1; 1; 2) where n ≠ 6 and 18, respectively.
Keywords :
Group divisible designs (GDDs) , Latin squares , Block configurations , 1 , factors , RGDDs , RBIBDs
Journal title :
Journal Of Algebra Combinatorics Discrete Structures and Applications
Journal title :
Journal Of Algebra Combinatorics Discrete Structures and Applications