On the Incompleteness of (k, n)-arcs in Desarguesian Planes of Order q Where n Divides q

Geometriae Dedicata

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 325-332

  Ball, Simeon ^a   Blokhuis, Aart ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Arcs; Finite Desarguesian planes; Maximal arcs

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042138081     PISSN: 00465755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005035602863     Document Type: Article

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