Blocking Sets in Finite Projective Planes

DOI10.1137/0121041zbMath0252.05014OpenAlexW2079259333MaRDI QIDQ5665206

Aiden A. Bruen

Publication date: 1971

Published in: SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1137/0121041

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Game theory (91A99) Finite affine and projective planes (geometric aspects) (51E15) Combinatorial aspects of finite geometries (05B25)

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