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A computer search for B-coverings

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Combinatorial Mathematics VII

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We define a general covering number B(t,k,m,v), discuss its elementary properties, indicate what is known more generally, and give the results of some computer determinations of these numbers.

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Robert W. Robinson George W. Southern Walter D. Wallis

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Stanton, R.G., Bate, J.A. (1980). A computer search for B-coverings. In: Robinson, R.W., Southern, G.W., Wallis, W.D. (eds) Combinatorial Mathematics VII. Lecture Notes in Mathematics, vol 829. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0088898

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