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When testing n items, how to cover all t-subsets by as few s-subsets as possible?

In the case of $s=3$ and $t=2$ you need to perform at least ${n \choose 2}/3$ tests, since there are ${n \choose 2}$ pairs and every test covers 3 pairs. That means that you can do the trivial thing a …
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