The maximum independence number of Steiner triple systems of order v is well-known. Motivated by questions of access balancing in storage systems, we determine the maximum total cardinality of a pair of disjoint independent sets of Steiner triple systems of order v for all admissible orders.
Upper bounds for α d,maxHaddad and Rödl [10, Proposition 1.2] establish that α d,max (v) ≤ 4 5 v + 1 = 4v+5 5