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Doyen, J. (1981). Linear spaces and steiner systems. In: Aigner, M., Jungnickel, D. (eds) Geometries and Groups. Lecture Notes in Mathematics, vol 893. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0091011

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