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We determine the three smallest blocking sets with respect to lines of the quadric Q(2n, q) withn ≥ 3 and the two smallest blocking sets with respect to lines of the quadric Q+(2n+1,q) withn ≥ 2. These results will be used in a forthcoming paper for determining the smallest blocking sets with respect to higher dimensional subspaces in the quadrics Q(2n, q) and Q+(2n+ 1, q).
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Metsch, K. On blocking sets of quadrics. J Geom 67, 188–207 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01220310
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