Near-Vector Spaces Constructed over Z<sub><i>p</i></sub>, for <i>p</i> a Prime

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to construct near-vector spaces using a result by Van der Walt, with Zp for p a prime, as the underlying near-field. There are two notions of near-vector spaces, we focus on those studied by André [1]. These near-vector spaces have recently proven to be very useful in finite linear games. We will discuss the construction and properties, give examples of these near-vector spaces and give its application in finite linear games.