Solution

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The answer is . Take a Steiner triple system, or a partial one of quadratic size, on and adjoin the fixed point to every triple. Distinct triples meet in zero or one point, so the resulting four-sets meet in one or two points. This gives members. The Ray-Chaudhuri–Wilson theorem with the two allowed intersection sizes gives .

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