A survey of finite semifields

Discrete Mathematics

Volumn 208-209, Issue , 1999, Pages 125-137

  Cordero, M ^a   Wene, G P ^b  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Division rings; Finite geometries; Semifields

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042281178     PISSN: 0012365X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-365X(99)00068-0     Document Type: Article

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