This paper reports the result of a computer search which show s that there is no oval in a projective plane of order 10. It gives a brief description of the search method as well as a brief survey of other possible configurations in a plane of order 10.
The nonexistence of code words of weight 16 in a projective plane of order 10
โ Scribed by C.W.H Lam; L Thiel; S Swiercz
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1986
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 388 KB
- Volume
- 42
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0097-3165
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