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A note on (k, n)-arcs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

B. J. Wilson
B. J. Wilson
Affiliation:
Chelsea College, London
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In a finite projective plane S2, q of order q, a (k, n)-arc is a set of k points, of which some n, but no n + 1 are collinear. Barlotti (1) proved that if (n, q) = 1 then

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Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society , Volume 76 , Issue 1 , July 1974 , pp. 57 - 59
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Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1974

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