Steiner system

noun

Steiner system

noun

Etymology Reintroduced by Jakob Steiner (1853), who was unaware of earlier work on the topic.

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Mathematics, Sciences In combinatorial mathematics, a type of block design, specifically a t-design with λ = 1 and t = 2 or (recently) t ≥ 2.

Related terms
Steiner triple

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