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A066009 Covering numbers C(n,7,6). 3
1, 7, 16, 45, 84 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; internal format)
OFFSET

7,2

COMMENTS

C(v,k,t) is the smallest number of k-subsets of an n-set such that every t-subset is contained in at least one of the k-subsets.

REFERENCES

CRC Handbook of Combinatorial Designs, 1996, p. 263.

W. H. Mills and R. C. Mullin, Coverings and packings, pp. 371-399 of J. H. Dinitz and D. R. Stinson, editors,a Contemporary Design Theory, Wiley, 1992.

LINKS

D. Applegate, E. M. Rains and N. J. A. Sloane, On asymmetric coverings and covering numbers, J. Comb. Des. 11 (2003), 218-228.

D. Gordon, La Jolla Repository of Coverings

K. J. Nurmela and P. R. J. Ostergard, New coverings of t-sets with (t+1)-sets, J. Combinat. Designs, 7 (1999), 217-226.

K. J. Nurmela and P. R. J. Ostergard, New coverings of t-sets with (t+1)-sets (appendix), J. Combinat. Designs, 7 (1999), 217-226.

Index entries for covering numbers

CROSSREFS

Cf. A011983. A column of A066010.

Sequence in context: A020941 A024625 A055553 * A037241 A154141 A173661

Adjacent sequences:  A066006 A066007 A066008 * A066010 A066011 A066012

KEYWORD

nonn,hard

AUTHOR

N. J. A. Sloane (njas(AT)research.att.com).

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