Caps in the projective geometry PG(n,4)

DOI10.1016/S1071-5797(03)00049-2MaRDI QIDQ1827583zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Alphonse Baartmans, Joseph L. Yucas

Publication date 6 August 2004

Published in Finite Fields and their Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/s1071-5797(03)00049-2

zbMATH Keywords

capsprojective spaces

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Linear codes and caps in Galois spaces (51E22)

Review text

A \(k\)-cap is a set of \(k\) points in PG\((n,q)\) no three of which are collinear. A \(k\)-cap is called complete if it is not contained in a (\(k+1\))-cap. Natural examples of caps are conics in PG\((2,q)\) and elliptic quadrics in PG\((3,q)\). Actually often many points do not form a cap and on the other hand often few points form a cap which is not complete. These obvious remarks introduce the problem of constructing complete caps either with the maximal number of points or with the minimal number of points. Both questions have been studied by many authors in the last 50 years, but they are not solved yet in the general case and it is easy to foresee that much investigation will be necessary. At present only few results are known and these concern the small values of \(n\). The main results are recalled in the paper under review and the original result is the construction in a geometrical way of complete \(k\)-caps in PG\((n,4)\) for \(k=12(2^{n-1}-1)+5\). In particular for \(n=3\) and for \(n=4\) this construction gives known caps; for \(n \geq 5\) the authors obtain complete caps consisting of few points.

Recommendations

• A family of caps in projective 4-space in odd characteristic
• scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1343530
• Small complete caps in PG(4n+1,q)${\rm PG}(4n+1, q)$
• Large caps in projective space \(\mathrm{PG}(r, 4)\)
• Large caps

Cites work

• 41 is the largest size of a cap in PG(4, 4)
• scientific article; zbMATH DE number 3917102 (Why is no real title available?)
• scientific article; zbMATH DE number 3532973 (Why is no real title available?)
• scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1101474 (Why is no real title available?)
• scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1795248 (Why is no real title available?)
• scientific article; zbMATH DE number 3215766 (Why is no real title available?)
• scientific article; zbMATH DE number 3057679 (Why is no real title available?)
• scientific article; zbMATH DE number 3076999 (Why is no real title available?)

Cited in

(10)

• On cyclic caps in 4-dimensional projective spaces
• Complete caps in projective spaces PG\((n,q)\)
• Small complete caps in three-dimensional Galois spaces
• The sizes \(k\) of the complete \(k\)-caps in \(PG(n,q)\), for small \(q\) and \(3\leq n \leq 5\)
• scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1343530 (Why is no real title available?)
• scientific article; zbMATH DE number 475097 (Why is no real title available?)
• Large caps in projective space \(\mathrm{PG}(r, 4)\)
• scientific article; zbMATH DE number 2188412 (Why is no real title available?)
• Some geometry of the isomorphism Sp(4,q) O(5,q), q even
• Small complete caps in PG(4n+1,q)${\rm PG}(4n+1, q)$

This page was built for publication: Caps in the projective geometry PG\((n,4)\)

Report a bug (only for logged in users!)Click here to report a bug for this page (MaRDI item Q1827583)