Polar spaces, generalized hexagons and perfect codes

DOI10.1016/0097-3165(80)90049-7zbMath0444.05027OpenAlexW2055520477MaRDI QIDQ1144581

Joseph A. Thas

Publication date: 1980

Published in: Journal of Combinatorial Theory. Series A (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/0097-3165(80)90049-7

zbMATH Keywords

ovoidsspreadsperfect codesgeneralized quadranglepolar spacesgeneralized hexagonsmetrically regular graphsorthogonal quadricssymplectic quadrics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Combinatorial aspects of finite geometries (05B25) Other finite incidence structures (geometric aspects) (51E30)

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