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Design theory is the subfield of combinatorics concerning the existence and construction of highly symmetric arrangements. Finite projective planes, latin squares, and Steiner triple systems are examples of designs.

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On the existence of a certain graph/hypergraph pair

I'm sorry, but I do not understand why you cannot model the same example over a finite field. Let, say, $V$ be the set of non-isotropic points in the projective space $P^3(\mathbb F_p)$ for a large $ …
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Lower bound for a combinatorial problem ($N$ students taking $n$ exams)

My initial argument was erroneous. I'm rewriting everything completely. Denote by $f(n)$ the maximal value of $N$ for that value of $n$. I claim that $$ f(k+\ell)\geq f(k)+f(\ell)+k \qquad\text{for …
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Popular elements in cross-intersecting families

The answer is NO without any of the two additional assumptions. Consider a set of $(t-1)^2$ elements $A=\{a_{ij}\}_{i,j=1}^{t-1}\subset[n]$. Let each $T_k$ contain a "row" $R_i=\{a_{ij}\}_{j=1}^{t-1} …
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Best strategy for a combinatorial game

Let me address the case $k=N/2$. Consider a hypergraph whose edges are your groups. Then, basically, you are interested in the discrepancy of your hypergraph. The first estimate at the linked Wikipedi …
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