On ovoids of parabolic quadrics

DOI10.1007/s10623-005-5666-0zbMath1172.51300OpenAlexW2057190613MaRDI QIDQ2491263

Simeon Ball, Storme, L., Patrick Govaerts

Publication date: 29 May 2006

Published in: Designs, Codes and Cryptography (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10623-005-5666-0

zbMATH Keywords

ovoidRédei polynomialparabolic quadric

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Generalized quadrangles and generalized polygons in finite geometry (51E12) Combinatorial structures in finite projective spaces (51E20)

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