Complete Systems of Lines on a Hermitian Surface over a Finite Field

Designs, Codes, and Cryptography

Volumn 17, Issue 1-3, 1999, Pages 253-268

  Ebert, G L ^a   Hirschfeld, J W P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complete partial spread; Hermitian surface

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037861650     PISSN: 09251022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1026439528939     Document Type: Article

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