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Record Nr.

UNINA9910254077303321

Autore

Hirschfeld James

Titolo

General Galois Geometries [[electronic resource] /] / by James Hirschfeld, Joseph A. Thas

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Springer London : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2016

ISBN

1-4471-6790-2

Edizione

[1st ed. 2016.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (422 p.)

Collana

Springer Monographs in Mathematics, , 1439-7382

Disciplina

516.5

Soggetti

Projective geometry

Combinatorics

Algebraic geometry

Projective Geometry

Algebraic Geometry

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preface -- Terminology -- Quadrics -- Hermitian varieties -- Grassmann varieties -- Veronese and Serge varieties -- Embedded geometries -- Arcs and Caps -- Ovoids, spreads and m-systems of finite polar spaces -- References -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

This book is the second edition of the third and last volume of a treatise on projective spaces over a finite field, also known as Galois geometries. This volume completes the trilogy comprised of plane case (first volume) and three dimensions (second volume). This revised edition includes much updating and new material. It is a mostly self-contained study of classical varieties over a finite field, related incidence structures and particular point sets in finite n-dimensional projective spaces. General Galois Geometries is suitable for PhD students and researchers in combinatorics and geometry. The separate chapters can be used for courses at postgraduate level.