Designs and Finite Geometries brings together in one place important contributions and up-to-date research results in this important area of mathematics.
Designs and Finite Geometries serves as an excellent reference, providing insight into some of the most important research issues in the field.

When? These are the proceedings of Finite Geometries, the Fourth Isle of Thorns Conference, which took place from Sunday 16 to Friday 21 July, 2000. It was organised by the editors of this volume. The Third Conference in 1990 was published as Advances in Finite Geometries and Designs by Oxford University Press and the Second Conference in 1980 was published as Finite Geometries and Designs by Cambridge University Press. The main speakers were A. R. Calderbank, P. J. Cameron, C. E. Praeger, B. Schmidt, H. Van Maldeghem. There were 64 participants and 42 contributions, all listed at the end of...

Ziel des Buches ist eine elementare Einfuhrung in ausgewahlte Teile der Kombinatorik. Dabei werden zusatzlich zur Darstellung der Grundlagen in jedem Kapitel exemplarisch einige tiefer liegende Resultate vollstandig bewiesen. Das Buch will dem interessierten Nichtspezialisten den Reiz der Kombinatorik nahe bringen, ohne eine systematische Theorie zu entwickeln. Zwar wendet es sich ausdrucklich nicht an den professionellen Kombinatoriker, vermittelt aber dennoch einen angemessenen Eindruck der auftretenden Methoden.

When? These are the proceedings of Finite Geometries, the Fourth Isle of Thorns Conference, which took place from Sunday 16 to Friday 21 July, 2000. It was organised by the editors of this volume. The Third Conference in 1990 was published as Advances in Finite Geometries and Designs by Oxford University Press and the Second Conference in 1980 was published as Finite Geometries and Designs by Cambridge University Press. The main speakers were A. R. Calderbank, P. J. Cameron, C. E. Praeger, B. Schmidt, H. Van Maldeghem. There were 64 participants and 42 contributions, all listed at the end of...

Designs and Finite Geometries brings together in one place important contributions and up-to-date research results in this important area of mathematics.
Designs and Finite Geometries serves as an excellent reference, providing insight into some of the most important research issues in the field.

This volume represents the refereed proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Finite Fields and Applications (F q5) held at the University of Augsburg (Germany) from August 2-6, 1999, and hosted by the Department of Mathematics. The conference continued a series of biennial international conferences on finite fields, following earlier conferences at the University of Nevada at Las Vegas (USA) in August 1991 and August 1993, the University ofGlasgow (Scotland) in July 1995, and the University ofWaterloo (Canada) in August 1997. The Organizing Committee of F q5 comprised Thomas Beth...