Non-existence of sets of type \((0, 1, 2 , n_{d})_{d}\) in \(\mathrm{PG}({r,q})\) with \( 3 \leq d\leq r- 1 \) and \(r\geq 4\) (Q1754398): Difference between revisions

A set of type \((0,1,2,n_d)_d\) in \(\mathrm{PG}(r,q)\) is a set \(S\) of points such that every \(d\)-dimensional subspace intersects \(S\) in either \(0\), \(1\), \(2\) or \(n_d\) points, and such that these \(4\) different intersection numbers occur. In this paper, the author shows that there are no \((0,1,2,n_d)_d\) sets where \(3\leq d\leq r-1\) and \(r\geq 4\). The theorem is proved by a combination of various clever counting techniques.