Project

Blocking sets in finite projective spaces and in coding theory

Code
3F017308
Duration
01 October 2008 → 30 September 2010
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund, Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO)
Promotor
Research disciplines
  • Natural sciences
    • Algebra
    • Geometry
    • History and foundations
Keywords
linear codes blocking sets Galois geometry
 
Project description

Blocking sets play a central role in finite projective spaces. Their central role follows from their use in the study of other geometrical structures, and in study of topics in related areas, such as coding theory. Within this project, blocking sets are characterized, and problems in coding theory are investigated in which blocking sets appear.