On the Falsity of a Conjecture on Orthogonal Steiner Triple Systems

Abstract A pair of orthogonal Steiner triple systems of order ν = 27 is constructed, thus showing the conjecture about the non-existence of a pair of orthogonal Steiner triple systems of orders ν ≡ 3 (mod 6) to be false.

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