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It is shown that in the projective spaces PG(n,p),p prime, 2 ≤ n ≤ p-2, the normal rational curves are the only (p+1)-arcs fixed by a projective group G isomorphic to PSL(2,p).
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Storme, L. Normal Rational Curves Over Prime Fields. Designs, Codes and Cryptography 12, 89–96 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1008202127766
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