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We construct an infinite family of symplectic spreads in spaces of odd rank and characteristic.

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  1. Departament de Matemàtica Aplicada IV, Universitat Politècnica, de Catalunya, Jordi Girona 1-3, Mòdul C3, Campus Nord, 08034, Barcelona, Espanya

    Simeon Ball & Michel Lavrauw

  2. School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, 6009, W.A, Australia

    John Bamberg & Tim Penttila

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Ball, S., Bamberg, J., Lavrauw, M. et al. Symplectic Spreads. Designs, Codes and Cryptography 32, 9–14 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:DESI.0000029209.24742.89

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