Non-triangular local resolution conjecture for repeated non-Desarguesian affine planes

Let qq be a prime power, and let a BIBD consist of qq copies of a non-Desarguesian affine plane of order qq. A non-triangular local resolution system is a local resolution system that is not triangular. Non-triangular local resolution conjecture. Such a BIBD does not possess a non-triangular local resolution system. The claim is motivated by computational evidence for the first few values of qq, where the corresponding examples arise from Desarguesian affine planes and no analogous system was found for non-Desarguesian planes; its general validity remains open.

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Ryan McCulloch, “Locally resolvable BIBDs and generalized quadrangles with ovoids”, arXiv:2408.00887 (2024).

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