BLOCKING SETS OF ALMOST REDEI TYPE

Citation
A. Blokhuis et al., BLOCKING SETS OF ALMOST REDEI TYPE, J COMB TH A, 78(1), 1997, pp. 141-150
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Mathematics, Pure",Mathematics
Journal title
JOURNAL OF COMBINATORIAL THEORY SERIES A
ISSN journal
00973165 → ACNP
Volume
78
Issue
1
Year of publication
1997
Pages
141 - 150
Database
ISI
SICI code
0097-3165(1997)78:1<141:BSOART>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
We study minimal blocking sets in PG(2, q) having q + m points outside some fixed line. If 0 < m < (root q)/2 then either the blocking set i s large, or every line contains 1 mod p points of the blocking set, wh ere p is the characteristic of the field GF(q). (C) 1997 Academic Pres s.