A classification of transitive ovoids, spreads, and m-systems of polar spaces

DOI10.1515/FORUM.2009.010zbMath1191.05029MaRDI QIDQ3617648

Tim Penttila, John Bamberg

Publication date: 30 March 2009

Published in: Forum Mathematicum (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

ovoids; spreads; transitive groups; Polar spaces

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

05B25: Combinatorial aspects of finite geometries

51E23: Spreads and packing problems in finite geometry

51E20: Combinatorial structures in finite projective spaces

Related Items

Hyperovals on \(\mathcal H(3,q^2)\), On incidence structures of nonsingular points and hyperbolic lines of ovoids in finite orthogonal spaces

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