A short proof of Totten's classification of restricted linear spaces

DOI10.1007/BF00211709MaRDI QIDQ796823zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Joel C. Fowler

Publication date 1984

Published in Geometriae Dedicata (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00211709

zbMATH Keywords

restricted linear spacesTotten's theorem

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Other designs, configurations (05B30) General theory of linear incidence geometry and projective geometries (51A05)

Review text

Recall that a linear space \((=pairwise\) balanced design with \(\lambda =1)\) is called restricted if it satisfies \((b-v)^ 2\leq v\), where as usual b and v denote the number of lines and points, respectively. In 1976, \textit{J. Totten} classified all restricted linear spaces in his paper in Can. J. Math. 28, 321-333 (1976; Zbl 0308.05021). In the present paper, the author presents a simpler alternative proof of Totten's theorem; one main aspect is the use of techniques from linear algebra.

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