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Some constructions of intriguing sets of finite symplectic spaces are provided. In particular an affirmative answer to an existence question about small tight sets posed in De Beule et al. (Des Codes Cryptogr 50(2):187–201, 2009) is given.
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Cossidente, A., Pavese, F. On intriguing sets of finite symplectic spaces. Des. Codes Cryptogr. 86, 1161–1174 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10623-017-0387-8
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