The non-existence of ovoids in the dual polar space DW(5, \(q\))

DOI10.1016/j.jcta.2003.09.007zbMath1044.51001OpenAlexW2021359987MaRDI QIDQ1421338

Antonio Pasini, Bruce N. Cooperstein

Publication date: 26 January 2004

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcta.2003.09.007

zbMATH Keywords

projective spacesovoiddual polar spaceWeak embeddings

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Incidence structures embeddable into projective geometries (51A45) Polar geometry, symplectic spaces, orthogonal spaces (51A50)

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