Kuhl et al.'s existence conjecture for two-repetition gerechte designs with five subsquares

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Let h1,,h5h_1,\dots,h_5 be positive integers, let n=h1++h5n=h_1+\cdots+h_5, and let [5]={1,2,3,4,5}[5]=\{1,2,3,4,5\}. A 2-RP(h1h5)\operatorname{2-RP}(h_1\dots h_5) is a two-repetition gerechte design whose five subsquares have side lengths h1,,h5h_1,\dots,h_5. Kuhl et al.'s existence conjecture. A 2-RP(h1h5)\operatorname{2-RP}(h_1\dots h_5) exists if and only if

n2i=15hi23(iDhi)(jDhj)n^2 - \sum_{i=1}^5h_i^2\geq 3\left( \sum_{i\in D}h_i\right)\left(\sum_{j\in\overline{D}}h_j\right)

for all subsets DD of [5][5] where D=3|D| = 3. This gives necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of such designs with five subsquares; the source attributes the conjecture to Kuhl et al., and no resolution is supplied here.

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Tara Kemp, “Realizations with five subsquares”, arXiv:2406.00967 (2024).

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