Multiple blocking sets and arcs in finite planes

Journal of the London Mathematical Society

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 581-593

  Ball, Simeon ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 0000893431     PISSN: 00246107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1112/jlms/54.3.581     Document Type: Article

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