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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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Intersecting 4-sets

For all even $n \geq 16$, $N:=\binom{n/2}{2}$ is the right answer. Semi-proof. Let $n=2k$ and observe that $4N=2k(k-1)$. Thus, if more than $N$ sets appear, then some element $x$ occurs in at leas …
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Minimum covers of complete graphs by $4$-cycles

If $n$ is odd, the answer is $\lceil \binom{n}{2}/4 \rceil$. If $n$ is even, the answer is $\lceil \binom{n}{2}/4+n/8 \rceil$. This follows from two special cases of a more general conjecture by Als …
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