On the size of a blocking set inPG(2,p)
Tóm tắt
We show that the size of a non-trivial blocking set in the Desarguesian projective planePG(2,p), wherep is prime, is at least 3(p+1)/2. This settles a 25 year old conjecture of J. di Paola.
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