Presenter: David Pike, Memorial University of Newfoundland

A $\lambda$-fold triple system of order $v$ consists of a $v$-set $V$ and a collection of 3-subsets (called blocks or triples) of $V$ such that each 2-subset of $V$ occurs in exactly $\lambda$ of the system's triples. Given a $\lambda$-fold triple system with $\lambda > 1$, we can ask whether its triples can be ordered so that the union of any two consecutive triples consists of four elements of $V$.  We will describe
some potential applications, briefly review previous results, and discuss some recent work concerning the nonexistence / existence of such
orderings, with emphasis on 2-fold triple systems.  This is joint work with Aras Erzurumluo\u{g}lu.

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