Title of article
Minimal blocking sets of size q2+2 of Q(4,q), q an odd prime, do not exist
Author/Authors
J. De Beule، نويسنده , , K. Metsch، نويسنده ,
Issue Information
روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2005
Pages
11
From page
305
To page
315
Abstract
It is known that every blocking set of Q(4,q), q>2 even, with less than points contains an ovoid, and hence Q(4,q) has no minimal blocking set with . In contrast to this, it is even not known whether or not Q(4,q), q odd, has minimal blocking sets of size q2+2. In this paper, the non-existence of a minimal blocking set of size q2+2 of Q(4,q), q an odd prime, is shown. Strong geometrical information is obtained using an algebraic description of W(3,q). Geometrical and combinatorial arguments complete the proof.
Keywords
Ovoid , Blocking set , Polar space , Parabolic quadric
Journal title
Finite Fields and Their Applications
Serial Year
2005
Journal title
Finite Fields and Their Applications
Record number
701172
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