# MENDELSOHN TRIPLE SYSTEMS EXCLUDING CONTIGUOUS UNITS WITH λ = 1

• Cho, Chung-Je (Department of Mathematics and Statistics College of Sciences Sookmyung Women's University)
• Published : 2008.05.31

#### Abstract

We obtain a necessary and sufficient condition for the existence of Mendelsohn triple systems excluding contiguous units with ${\lambda}$ = 1. Also, we obtain the spectrum for cyclic such systems.

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