Partial Flocks of Quadratic Cones with a Point Vertex in PG(n, q), n Odd

Journal of Algebraic Combinatorics

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 377-392

  O'Keefe, Christine M ^a   Thas, J A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cap; Cone; Flock; Galois geometry; Ovoid

Indexed keywords

EID: 0007133846     PISSN: 09259899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008677211380     Document Type: Article

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