On the number of slopes of the graph of a function defined on a finite field

Authors
Blokhuis, A Brouwer, AE Storme, L Szonyi, T
Citation
A. Blokhuis et al., On the number of slopes of the graph of a function defined on a finite field, J COMB TH A, 86(1), 1999, pp. 187-196
Citations number
4
Categorie Soggetti
Mathematics
Journal title
JOURNAL OF COMBINATORIAL THEORY SERIES A
ISSN journal
00973165 → ACNP
Volume
86
Issue
1
Year of publication
1999
Pages
187 - 196
Database
ISI
SICI code
0097-3165(199904)86:1<187:OTNOSO>2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
Given a set U of size q in an affine plant of order q, we determine the pos sibilities for the number of directions of secants of U, and in many cases characterize the sets U with given number of secant directions. (C) 1999 Ac ademic Press.