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Pencils Of Quadratic Forms Over Finite Fields, Robert W. Fitzgerald, Joseph L. Yucas Jan 2004

Pencils Of Quadratic Forms Over Finite Fields, Robert W. Fitzgerald, Joseph L. Yucas

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A formula for the number of common zeros of a non-degenerate pencil of quadratic forms is given. This is applied to pencils which count binary strings with an even number of 1's prescribed distances apart.