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Generalizing Korchm\'aros--Mazzocca arcs

Combinatorics 2020-08-25 v1

Abstract

In this paper, we generalize the so called Korchm\'aros--Mazzocca arcs, that is, point sets of size q+tq+t intersecting each line in 0,20, 2 or tt points in a finite projective plane of order qq. For t2t\neq 2, this means that each point of the point set is incident with exactly one line meeting the point set in tt points. In PG(2,pn)\mathrm{PG}(2,p^n), we change 22 in the definition above to any integer mm and describe all examples when mm or tt is not divisible by pp. We also study mod pp variants of these objects, give examples and under some conditions we prove the existence of a nucleus.

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@article{arxiv.2008.10347,
  title  = {Generalizing Korchm\'aros--Mazzocca arcs},
  author = {Bence Csajbók and Zsuzsa Weiner},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2008.10347},
  year   = {2020}
}

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