The spectrum of minimal blocking sets

Discrete Mathematics

Volumn 208-209, Issue , 1999, Pages 339-347

  Innamorati, Stefano ^b   Maturo, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Blocking sets; Finite projective planes; Singer cycle

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041780256     PISSN: 0012365X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-365X(99)00082-5     Document Type: Article

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