On the non-existence of thas maximal arcs in odd order projective planes

European Journal of Combinatorics

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 413-417

  Blokhuis, Aart ^a,b   Hamilton, Nicholas ^c   Wilbrink, Henny ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c NONE

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EID: 0032391425     PISSN: 01956698     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/eujc.1997.0205     Document Type: Article

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