{"@context":["https://w3id.org/fdo/context/v1",{"schema":"https://schema.org/","prov":"http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#","fdo":"https://w3id.org/fdo/vocabulary/"}],"@id":"https://fdo.portal.mardi4nfdi.de/fdo/Q2808797","@type":"DigitalObject","kernel":{"@id":"https://fdo.portal.mardi4nfdi.de/fdo/Q2808797","digitalObjectType":"https://schema.org/ScholarlyArticle","primaryIdentifier":"mardi:Q2808797","kernelVersion":"v1","immutable":true,"modified":"2026-04-03T11:28:14Z"},"profile":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"ScholarlyArticle","@id":"https://portal.mardi4nfdi.de/entity/Q2808797","name":"Constructing minimal blocking sets using field reduction","headline":"Constructing minimal blocking sets using field reduction","description":"scientific article; zbMATH DE number 6584447","url":"https://portal.mardi4nfdi.de/entity/Q2808797","datePublished":"2016-05-24","author":[{"@id":"https://portal.mardi4nfdi.de/entity/Q281584"}],"publisher":[{"@id":"https://portal.mardi4nfdi.de/entity/Q2725040"}],"identifier":{"@type":"PropertyValue","propertyID":"doi","value":"10.1002/JCD.21432","url":"https://doi.org/10.1002/JCD.21432"},"sameAs":["https://doi.org/10.1002/JCD.21432"],"comment":"A \\textit{blocking set} \\(B\\) with respect to \\((k-1)-\\)spaces in \\(\\mathrm{PG}(n-1,q)\\) is a set of points such that every \\((k-1)\\)-dimensional subspace of \\(\\mathrm{PG}(n-1,q)\\) contains at least a point of \\(B.\\) If no proper subset of \\(B\\) is a blocking set, then \\(B\\) is \\textit{minimal}.NEWLINENEWLINELet \\(\\Pi\\) be the Barlotti-Cofman representation of \\(\\mathrm{PG}(n-1,q^t)\\) in \\(\\mathrm{PG}(nt-1,q)\\) via a Desarguesian spread \\(\\mathcal S\\) of a hyperplane \\(\\mathrm{PG}(nt-1,q)\\) of \\(\\mathrm{PG}(nt,q)\\) whose points are both points of \\(\\mathrm{PG}(nt,q)\\) not in \\(\\mathrm{PG}(nt-1,q)\\) and the elements of \\(\\mathcal S.\\) Let \\(\\Omega\\) be an \\((nt-kt-2)\\)-dimensional subspace of \\(\\mathrm{PG}(nt,q)\\) disjoint with a plane \\(\\Gamma\\) of \\(\\mathrm{PG}(nt,q).\\) If \\(\\bar{B}\\) is a blocking set of \\(\\Gamma,\\) let \\(K\\) be the cone of \\(\\langle \\Omega, \\Gamma\\rangle\\) with vertex \\(\\Omega\\) and base \\(\\bar{B}.\\) Let \\(B={\\mathcal B}(K)\\) be the set of points of \\(\\Pi\\simeq \\mathrm{PG}(n-1,q^t)\\) defined by \\(K,\\) i.e. the points of \\(B\\) are both points of \\(K \\setminus \\mathrm{PG}(nt-1,q)\\) and the elements of the \\((t-1)-\\)spread contained in \\(K.\\)NEWLINENEWLINEThe author gives two different constructions such that \\(B\\) is a minimal blocking set of \\(\\mathrm{PG}(n-1,q^t),\\) the first one generalizing the example constructed in [\\textit{F. Mazzocca} and \\textit{O. Polverino}, J. Algebraic Combin. 24, No. 1, 61--81 (2006; Zbl 1121.51007)]. Finally, she proves that a small blocking set of the first type is linear if and only if \\(\\bar{B}\\) is linear.","citation":[{"@id":"https://portal.mardi4nfdi.de/entity/Q759391"},{"@id":"https://portal.mardi4nfdi.de/entity/Q1246741"},{"@id":"https://portal.mardi4nfdi.de/entity/Q1580277"},{"@id":"https://portal.mardi4nfdi.de/entity/Q1406545"},{"@id":"https://portal.mardi4nfdi.de/entity/Q1244233"},{"@id":"https://portal.mardi4nfdi.de/entity/Q1377801"},{"@id":"https://portal.mardi4nfdi.de/entity/Q1236571"},{"@id":"https://portal.mardi4nfdi.de/entity/Q2638402"},{"@id":"https://portal.mardi4nfdi.de/entity/Q1301604"},{"@id":"https://portal.mardi4nfdi.de/entity/Q1603237"},{"@id":"https://portal.mardi4nfdi.de/entity/Q2498442"},{"@id":"https://portal.mardi4nfdi.de/entity/Q2384034"},{"@id":"https://portal.mardi4nfdi.de/entity/Q1280284"},{"@id":"https://portal.mardi4nfdi.de/entity/Q2394616"},{"@id":"https://portal.mardi4nfdi.de/entity/Q1610688"},{"@id":"https://portal.mardi4nfdi.de/entity/Q958725"},{"@id":"https://portal.mardi4nfdi.de/entity/Q4651893"},{"@id":"https://portal.mardi4nfdi.de/entity/Q5940304"},{"@id":"https://portal.mardi4nfdi.de/entity/Q612966"}]},"provenance":{"prov:generatedAtTime":"2026-04-03T11:28:14Z","prov:wasAttributedTo":"MaRDI Knowledge Graph"}}