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Given a $t$-$(v, k, lambda)$ design, $mathcal{D}=(X,mathcal{B})$, a zero-sum $n$-flow of $mathcal{D}$ is a map $f : mathcal{B}longrightarrow {pm1,ldots, pm(n-1)}$ such that for any point $xin X$, the sum of $f$ over all blocks incident with $x$ is zero. For a positive integer $k$, we find a zero-sum $k$-flow for an STS$(u w)$ and for an STS$(2v+7)$ for $vequiv 1~(mathrm{mod}~4)$, if there are STS$(u)$, STS$(w)$ and STS$(v)$ such that the STS$(u)$ and STS$(v)$ both have a zero-sum $k$-flow. In 2015, it was conjectured that for $v>7$ every STS$(v)$ admits a zero-sum $3$-flow. Here, it is shown that many cyclic STS$(v)$ have a zero-sum $3$-flow. Also, we investigate the existence of zero-sum flows for some Steiner quadruple systems.
Let $X$ be a $v$-set, $B$ a set of 3-subsets (triples) of $X$, and $B^+cupB^-$ a partition of $B$ with $|B^-|=s$. The pair $(X,B)$ is called a simple signed Steiner triple system, denoted by ST$(v,s)$, if the number of occurrences of every 2-subset o
The purpose of the article is to provide an unified way to formulate zero-sum invariants. Let $G$ be a finite additive abelian group. Let $B(G)$ denote the set consisting of all nonempty zero-sum sequences over G. For $Omega subset B(G$), let $d_{O
The $p$-rank of a Steiner triple system $B$ is the dimension of the linear span of the set of characteristic vectors of blocks of $B$, over GF$(p)$. We derive a formula for the number of different Steiner triple systems of order $v$ and given $2$-ran
Consider the equation $mathcal{E}: x_1+ cdots+x_{k-1} =x_{k}$ and let $k$ and $r$ be positive integers such that $rmid k$. The number $S_{mathfrak{z},2}(k;r)$ is defined to be the least positive integer $t$ such that for any 2-coloring $chi: [1, t] t
In a recent work, Jungnickel, Magliveras, Tonchev, and Wassermann derived an overexponential lower bound on the number of nonisomorphic resolvable Steiner triple systems (STS) of order $v$, where $v=3^k$, and $3$-rank $v-k$. We develop an approach to