On 1-Blocking Sets in PG(n, q), n ≥ 3

Designs, Codes, and Cryptography

Volumn 21, Issue 1-3, 2000, Pages 235-251

  Storme, L ^a   Weiner, Zs ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

1 blocking sets; Baer subgeometries

Indexed keywords

EID: 0008560980     PISSN: 09251022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1008308200010     Document Type: Article

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