Abstract

We prove that the number of directions determined by a set of p points in AG(2, p), p prime, cannot be between (p+3)/2 and (p−1)/2+13p. This is equivalent to saying that besides the projective triangle, every blocking set of Rédei type in PG(2, p) has size at least 3(p−1)/2+13p.

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