The non-existence of ovoids in \(O_ \nu (q)\)

DOI10.1006/eujc.1996.0084zbMath0872.51005OpenAlexW2098969247MaRDI QIDQ674623

Athula Gunawardena, G. Eric. Moorhouse

Publication date: 15 October 1997

Published in: European Journal of Combinatorics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1006/eujc.1996.0084

zbMATH Keywords

avoidsparabolic quadrictwo-graph

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Polar geometry, symplectic spaces, orthogonal spaces (51A50)

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