BIB-designs from circular nearrings (Q370815)

Let (\(N,\Phi\)) be a finite circular Ferrero pair. The set \(\Phi(a)+b\), \(a,b\in N\), \(a\not=0\), is visualized as a circle centered at \(b\) passing through \(a\). Then \(\mathcal D(a;b)=\{x\in\Phi(r)+c\mid r\not=0\), \(b\in \Phi(r)+c\), \(|(\Phi(r)+c)\cap(\Phi(a)+b)|=1\}\) can be visualized as the disk centered at \(b\) with its boundary circle passing through \(a\). In this article, some properties of the disks are studied. Also, it is shown that if \(N=\text{GF}(p)\) is the prime field of order \(p\), and \(\Phi\) is a subgroup of the multiplicative group of \(N\) with \(2n\) elements, then the set \(\mathcal D\) of all disks \(D(a;b)\), \(a,b\in N\), \(a\not=0\), is a BIBD with \(v=p\), \(b=p(p-1)/2n\), \(r=(p-1)(2n^2+1)/2n\), \(k=2n^2+1\), and \(\lambda=n(2n^2+1)\).