On the number of flats spanned by a set of points in PG(d,q)

Endre Boros, Roy Meshulam

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Abstract

It is shown that for fixed 1 ≤ r ≤ s < d and ε > 0, if X ⊂ PG(d, q) contains (1 + ε)qs points, then the number of r-flats spanned by X is at least c(ε)q(r + 1)(s + 1 - r), i.e. a positive fraction of the number of r-flats in PG(s + 1, q).

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)407-409
Number of pages3
JournalDiscrete Mathematics
Volume150
Issue number1-3
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 6 1996

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Theoretical Computer Science
  • Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics

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