(1) Department of Pure Mathematics, The Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA, United Kingdom;(2) Department of Mathematics, University of Queensland, Queensland, 4072, Australia
Abstract:
It is shown that in some cases it is possible to reconstruct a block design
uniquely from incomplete knowledge of a minimal defining set for
. This surprising result has implications for the use of minimal defining sets in secret sharing schemes.