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Renitent lines

Authors :
Csajbók, Bence
Sziklai, Peter
Weiner, Zsuzsa
Source :
European Journal of Combinatorics Volume 114, December 2023, 103792
Publication Year :
2021

Abstract

There are many examples for point sets in finite geometry, which behave "almost regularly" in some (well-defined) sense, for instance they have "almost regular" line-intersection numbers. In this paper we investigate point sets of a desarguesian affine plane, for which there exist some (sometimes: many) parallel classes of lines, such that almost all lines of one parallel class intersect our set in the same number of points (possibly mod $p$, the characteristic). The lines with exceptional intersection numbers are called renitent, and we prove results on the (regular) behaviour of these renitent lines.<br />Comment: The sharpness of some statements has been proved. There are some new examples and a new section about some dual statements and their consequences regarding the geometric properties of codewords of the $\mathbb{F}_p$-linear code generated by characteristic vectors of lines of $\mathrm{PG}(2,q)$. The latter result generalise an old result of Blokhuis, Brouwer and Wilbrink

Subjects

Subjects :
Mathematics - Combinatorics
51E20

Details

Database :
arXiv
Journal :
European Journal of Combinatorics Volume 114, December 2023, 103792
Publication Type :
Report
Accession number :
edsarx.2102.11790
Document Type :
Working Paper
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejc.2023.103792