Ovoids and spreads of finite classical polar spaces

DOI10.1007/BF01447417zbMath0458.51010MaRDI QIDQ1151592

Joseph A. Thas

Publication date: 1981

Published in: Geometriae Dedicata (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

ovoids and spreads of finite classical polar spaces

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Combinatorial aspects of finite geometries (05B25) Combinatorial structures in finite projective spaces (51E20)

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