Partial t-Spreads in PG(2t + 1, q)

Designs, Codes, and Cryptography

Volumn 18, Issue 1-3, 1999, Pages 199-216

  Metsch, Klaus ^a   Storme, L ^b  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Partial spreads; Projective spaces; Spreads

Indexed keywords

EID: 0008596780     PISSN: 09251022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1008305824113     Document Type: Article

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