New (k; r)-arcs in the projective plane of order thirteen

Journal of Geometry

Volumn 80, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 10-22

  Daskalov, Rumen Nikolov ^a   Contreras, María Estela Jiménez ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF GABROVO   (Bulgaria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

(k; r) arcs in a projective plane; Curves over a finite field; Maximum size of a (k; r) arc

Indexed keywords

EID: 23044488005     PISSN: 00472468     EISSN: 14208997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00022-004-1779-2     Document Type: Article

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