The eventual chromatic spectrum conjecture for Kirkman triple systems

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Let a Kirkman triple system of order vv be a resolvable Steiner triple system on vv points, and let its chromatic number be the minimum number of colours in a colouring in which every triple receives at least two colours. The admissible orders satisfy v3(mod6)v\equiv 3\pmod{6}.

Eventual chromatic spectrum conjecture. For every integer δ3\delta\geqslant 3, there exists an integer v0v_0 such that whenever vv0v\geqslant v_0 and v3(mod6)v\equiv 3\pmod{6}, there is a δ\delta-chromatic Kirkman triple system of order vv.

This conjecture is the Kirkman-triple-system analogue of the corresponding result known for Steiner triple systems. It would establish the eventual existence of every chromatic number at every admissible order, but remains open.

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Andrea C. Burgess, Nicholas J. Cavenagh, Peter Danziger and David A. Pike, “Weak colourings of Kirkman triple systems”, arXiv:2404.06066 (2025).

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