# 3-DESIGNS DERIVED FROM PLANE ALGEBRAIC CURVES

• Yu, Ho-Seog (DEPARTMENT OF APPLIED MATHEMATICS SEJONG UNIVERSITY)
• Published : 2007.11.30
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#### Abstract

In this paper, we develop a simple method for computing the stabilizer subgroup of a subgroup of $$D(g)={{\alpha}{\in}\mathbb{F}_q|there\;is\;a\;{\beta}{\in}{\mathbb{F}}^x_q\;such\;that\;{\beta}^n=g(\alpha)}$$ in $PSL_2(\mathbb{F}_q)$, where q is a large odd prime power, n is a positive integer dividing q-1, and $g(x){\in}\mathbb{F}_q[x]$. As an application, we construct new infinite families of 3-designs (cf. Examples 3.4 and 3.5).

#### Keywords

3-designs;stabilizer group

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