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Forcing scalar products to avoid prescribed values
Let $p$ be a prime, and $n\ge 1$ an integer number. Suppose that the (not necessarily distinct) vectors $v_1,\dotsc,v_N \in{\mathbb F}_p^n$ satisfy the following condition:
\begin{gather}
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A system of linear equations related to the geometry of a finite plane
Let $\mathcal L$ denote the set of all lines in $\mathbb F_p^2$ parallel to one of the lines
$$ X:=\{(x,0)\colon x\in\mathbb F_p \},
\ Y:=\{(0,y)\colon y\in\mathbb F_p \},
\ Z:=\{(z,z)\...