An Introduction to S(5,8,24)

S(5,8,24) is one of the largest known Steiner systems and connects combinatorial designs, error-correcting codes, finite simple groups, and sphere packings in a truly remarkable way. This thesis discusses the underlying structure of S(5,8,24), its construction via the (24,12) Golay code, as well it...

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Main Author: Beane, Maria Elizabeth
Other Authors: Mathematics
Format: Others
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/32676
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-05122011-153554/