Blocking sets and semifields

DOI10.1016/j.jcta.2005.11.001zbMath1155.51006OpenAlexW1967754649MaRDI QIDQ2500623

Guglielmo Lunardon

Publication date: 17 August 2006

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.2005.11.001

zbMATH Keywords

ovoidsspreadssemifieldsblocking setsindicator sets

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Combinatorial aspects of finite geometries (05B25) Blocking sets, ovals, (k)-arcs (51E21) Combinatorial structures in finite projective spaces (51E20)

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