Minimal blocking sets of size \(q^2+2\) of \(Q(4,q)\), \(q\) an odd prime, do not exist

DOI10.1016/J.FFA.2004.10.002zbMath1069.51004OpenAlexW2104715024MaRDI QIDQ1779332

Jan De Beule, Klaus Metsch

Publication date: 1 June 2005

Published in: Finite Fields and their Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ffa.2004.10.002

zbMATH Keywords

ovoidblocking setpolar spaceparabolic quadric

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Generalized quadrangles and generalized polygons in finite geometry (51E12) Combinatorial aspects of finite geometries (05B25) Blocking sets, ovals, (k)-arcs (51E21) Combinatorial structures in finite projective spaces (51E20)

Cites Work

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• On ovoids of parabolic quadrics
• On ovoids of O(5,q)
• On the size of minimal blocking sets of Q(4; q ), for q = 5,7
• Covers and blocking sets of classical generalized quadrangles

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