1: Finite fields
2: Projective spaces and algebraic varieties
3: Subspaces
4: Partitions
5: Canonical forms for varieties and polarities
6: The line
7: First properties of the plane
8: Ovals
9: Arithmetic of arcs of degree two
10: Arcs in ovals
11: Cubic curves
12: Arcs of higher degree
13: Blocking sets
14: Small planes
Appendix
Notation
References
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