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Circular planar nearrings: geometrical and combinatorial aspects

Rings and Algebras 2012-02-20 v5 Combinatorics

Abstract

Let (N,Φ)(N,\Phi) be a circular Ferrero pair. We define the disk with center bb and radius aa, D(a;b)\mathcal{D}(a;b), as D(a;b)={xΦ(r)+cr0, bΦ(r)+c, (Φ(r)+c)(Φ(a)+b)=1}.\mathcal{D}(a;b)=\{x\in \Phi(r)+c\mid r\neq 0,\ b\in \Phi(r)+c,\ |(\Phi(r)+c)\cap (\Phi(a)+b)|=1\}. We prove that in the field-generated case there are many analogies with the Euclidean geometry. Moreover, if BD\mathcal{B}^{\mathcal{D}} is the set of all disks, then, in some interesting cases, we show that the incidence structure (N,BD,)(N,\mathcal{B}^{\mathcal{D}},\in) is actually a balanced incomplete block design.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1012.1059,
  title  = {Circular planar nearrings: geometrical and combinatorial aspects},
  author = {Anna Benini and Achille Frigeri and Fiorenza Morini},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1012.1059},
  year   = {2012}
}

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12 pages

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