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Minimal size of a complete cap in (Z/nZ)^2.
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%I #7 Nov 24 2018 08:14:05

%S 4,4,4,5,4,6,4,4,4

%N Minimal size of a complete cap in (Z/nZ)^2.

%C A line in (Z/nZ)^2 is any translate of a cyclic subgroup of order n. A subset X of (Z/nZ)^2 is a cap if no three of its points are collinear and X is complete if it is not properly contained in another cap. a(n) is the minimal size of a complete cap in (Z/nZ)^2.

%H Jack Huizenga, <a href="http://www.combinatorics.org/ojs/index.php/eljc/article/view/v13i1r58">The Minimum Size of Complete Caps in (Z/nZ)^2</a>, Electron. J. Combin., 13 (2006), #R58.

%F If p is the smallest prime divisor of n, max{4, sqrt2p+1/2} <= a(n) <= max{4,p+1}. a(n) = 4 if n is divisible by 2 or 3.

%K nonn,more

%O 2,1

%A _N. J. A. Sloane_, Aug 01 2006