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On the maximum sizes of certain (k, n)-arcs in finite projective geometries

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

J. R. M. Mason
Affiliation:
G.E.C. Hirst Research Centre, Wembley

Extract

In this paper the values of m(6)2,9, m(5)2,8 and m(5)2,9 have been determined as well as improved bounds on other arcs, and in particular a general construction for certain large arcs in planes of square order has been given. Table 5 summarizes the known values of m(n)2, q for 2 ≤ nq and q ≤ 9.

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Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1982

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