An easier proof of the maximal arcs conjecture

Ball, Simeon; Blokhuis, Aart

doi:10.1090/S0002-9939-98-04653-X

An easier proof of the maximal arcs conjecture

Authors: Simeon Ball and Aart Blokhuis
Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 126 (1998), 3377-3380
MSC (1991): Primary 51E21; Secondary 05B25
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-98-04653-X
MathSciNet review: 1476115
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Abstract: It was a long-standing conjecture in finite geometry that a Desarguesian plane of odd order contains no maximal arcs. A rather inaccessible and long proof was given recently by the authors in collaboration with Mazzocca. In this paper a new observation leads to a greatly simplified proof of the conjecture.

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