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Rings and Modules Seminar
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© 2005 Thomas G. Kucera

R. Padmanabhan
padman@cc.umanitoba.ca

Department of Mathematics
University of Manitoba

Tuesday, October 25, 2005

Ovals in Projective Planes (II)
Abstract:

Recall that an oval is a set C of q+1 points in a finite projective plane such that every line in the plane meets C in at most two points. In this talk, we discuss two theorems:

  1. Every oval in PG(2, q) of odd order is a conic, and
  2. A pascallian oval is is a conic.
We also mention examples of the so-called strange curves (=hyperovals in planes of even order).


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