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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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When do such regular set systems exist?

Switching to complements, the question is if we can choose 77 6-subsets of an 11-set $M$ such that any 5-subset of $M$ is contained in a chosen 6-subset (it is clear that this subset would be unique b …
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On the existence of symmetric matrices with prescribed number of 1's on each row

Replace each $-1$ with $0$. Then the matrix you look for is the adjacency matrix of a graph with a given degree sequence $r_1, r_2, \dots$. Reconstruction of such a graph (and its adjacency matrix) is …
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One question about nega-cyclic Hadamard matrices

Such matrices do not exist as from the parity consideration already first two rows cannot be orthogonal.
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Solving a Diophantine equation related to Algebraic Geometry, Steiner systems and $q$-binomi...

Let $t = 1+q+q^2+\dots+q^n $ then each of the equations (1) and (2) implies that $24t+1$ is a square (namely, $24t+1=(12k+1)^2$ and $24t+1=(12k+5)^2$, respectively). For $n=2$ that leads to a Pellian …
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Does an $(x, bx)$-biregular graph always contain a $x$-regular bipartite subgraph?

The claim does not hold. Here is a counterexample with $a=7$, $b=2$ and $x=3$. This graph has partite sets of sizes $|U|=14$ and $|V|=7$. Labeling vertices of $V$ as $1,2,\dots,7$, the vertices in $U$ …
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