We consider the existence of blocking semiovals in finite projective planes which have intersection sizes 1, m+1 or n+1 with the lines of the plane for $1 \leq m < n$. For those prime powers $q \leq 1024$, in almost all cases, we are able to show that, apart from a trivial example, no such blocking semioval exists in a projective plane of order q. We are also able to prove, for general q, that if q2+q+1 is a prime or three times a prime, then only the same trivial example can exist in a projective plane of order q.
History
Journal
SIAM journal of discrete mathematics
Volume
14
Pagination
446-457
Location
Philadelphia, Pa.
ISSN
0895-4801
Language
eng
Publication classification
C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal
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