Authors: Jeremy Mathews, Brett Tolbert
Abstract
A Steiner System, denoted
S(
t,
k,
v), is a vertex set
X containing
v vertices, and a collection of subsets of
X of size
k, called blocks, such that every
t vertices from
X are in exactly one of the blocks. A Steiner Triple System, or
STS, is a special case of a Steiner System where
t = 2,
k = 3 and
v = 1 or 3(
mod 6) [7]. A Bi-Steiner Triple System, or
BSTS, is a Steiner Triple System with the vertices colored in such a way that each block of vertices receives precisely two colors. Out of the 80
BSTS (15)s, only 23 are colorable [1]. In this paper, using a computer program that we wrote, we give a complete description of all proper colorings, all feasible partitions, chromatic polynomial and chromatic spectrum of every colorable
BSTS (15).
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