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We show that the established necessary conditions for a GBRD \({(v,3,\lambda; \mathbb {G})}\) are sufficient (i) when \({\mathbb {G}}\) is supersolvable and (ii) when \({\mathbb {G}}\) is solvable with \({\vert \mathbb {G} \vert }\) prime to 3.
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Abel, R.J.R., Combe, D., Nelson, A.M. et al. GBRDs over supersolvable groups and solvable groups of order prime to 3. Des. Codes Cryptogr. 69, 189–201 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10623-012-9646-x
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