Groups with maximal irredundant covers and minimal blocking sets

Abstract: Let

n

be a positive integer. Denote by

m a t h r m P G (n, q)

the

n

-dimensional projective space over the finite field

m a t h b b F_{q}

of order

q

. A blocking set in

m a t h r m P G (n, q)

is a set of points that has non-empty intersection with every hyperplane of

m a t h r m P G (n, q)

. A blocking set is called minimal if none of its proper subsets are blocking sets. In this note we prove that if

m a t h r m P G (n_{i}, q)

contains a minimal blocking set of size

k_{i}

for

i i n 1, 2

, then

m a t h r m P G (n_{1} + n_{2} + 1, q)

contains a minimal blocking set of size

k_{1} + k_{2} - 1

. This result is proved by a result on groups with maximal irredundant covers.

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