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Applications of Finite Fields to Combinatorics and Finite Geometries

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We survey some applications of finite fields to finite geometries in part A and to combinatorics and error-correcting codes in parts B and C.

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Bruen, A.A. Applications of Finite Fields to Combinatorics and Finite Geometries. Acta Appl Math 93, 179–196 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10440-006-9051-4

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