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Book Synopsis
This new edition has been thoroughly revised and updated and contains an entirely new chapter on blocking sets in linear spaces, including some of the most important applications, from the initial game-theoretic setting to their recent use in cryptography.

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'The book is written in a very lively and readable style, and must be recommended as the first reading for everybody interested in this area of combinatorics and geometry.' European Mathematical Society

Table of Contents
Preface; Preface to the first edition; 1. Near-linear spaces; 2. Linear spaces; 3. Projective spaces; 4. Affine spaces; 5. Polar spaces; 6. Generalized quadrangles; 7. Partial geometries; 8. Blocking sets; Bibliography; Index of notation; Subject index.

Combinatorics of Finite Geometries

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      Publisher: Cambridge University Press
      Publication Date: 5/28/1997 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780521599931, 978-0521599931
      ISBN10: 0521599938

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This new edition has been thoroughly revised and updated and contains an entirely new chapter on blocking sets in linear spaces, including some of the most important applications, from the initial game-theoretic setting to their recent use in cryptography.

      Trade Review
      'The book is written in a very lively and readable style, and must be recommended as the first reading for everybody interested in this area of combinatorics and geometry.' European Mathematical Society

      Table of Contents
      Preface; Preface to the first edition; 1. Near-linear spaces; 2. Linear spaces; 3. Projective spaces; 4. Affine spaces; 5. Polar spaces; 6. Generalized quadrangles; 7. Partial geometries; 8. Blocking sets; Bibliography; Index of notation; Subject index.

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