Poisson limit conjecture for subsystems of Steiner triple systems

Let SS be the set of positive integers for which Steiner triple systems of order vv exist. For an Steiner triple system of order vv, let the number of its subsystems of order ww be the random variable under the uniform distribution on Steiner triple systems of order vv. Poisson limit conjecture. As v\ftyv\to\fty through values in SS, the distribution of the number of subsystems of order ww tends to a Poisson distribution with expected value 1/1681/168 when w=7w=7 and expected value 00 when w>7w>7. The conjecture is motivated by a random hypergraph model whose limiting expected values are 1/1681/168 for order-seven subsystems and 00 for larger subsystems; the source provides no proof or resolution.

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Daniel Heinlein and Patric R. J. Östergård, “Steiner Triple Systems of Order 21 with Subsystems”, arXiv:2104.06825 (2022).

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