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On the minimum number of blocks of a maximal partial spread in STS(v) and SQS(v)

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We give some results on the minimum number of blocks which a maximal partial spread can have in an STS(v) or in an SQS(v).

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  1. Dipartimento di Scienze e Storia dell'Architettura, 63100, Pescara, Italy

    Franco Eugeni

  2. Dipartimento di Matematica, Università - viale A. Doria 6, 95125, Catania, Italy

    Mario Gionfriddo

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This work has been supported by GNSAGA (C.N.R) and MPI,1986.

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Eugeni, F., Gionfriddo, M. On the minimum number of blocks of a maximal partial spread in STS(v) and SQS(v). J Geom 36, 37–48 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01231021

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