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Blockings-dimensional subspaces by lines inPG(2s,q)

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We investigate sets of lines inPG(2s,q) such that everys-dimensional subspace contains a line of this set. We determine the minimum number of lines in such a set and show that there is only one type of such a set with this minimum number of lines.

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Eisfeld, J., Metsch, K. Blockings-dimensional subspaces by lines inPG(2s,q) . Combinatorica 17, 151–162 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01200904

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