Homomorphisms of Projective Remoteness Planes

A characterization of a class of homomorphisms of projective remoteness planes in terms of their coordinate rings is given. A remoteness preserving homomorphism of projective remoteness planes is factored into three homomorphisms of known types. Two of these are constructed from groups associated with the planes and the homomorphism that induces on the coordinate rings of the planes. The third is a covering of planes coordinatized by the same ring. This generalizes known results for projective planes, projective ring planes, and Moufang–Veldkamp planes.     

Projective Planes of Order q whose Collineation Groups have Order q 2

Translation planes of order q are constructed whose full collineation groups have order q ².     

Smooth Projective Planes

Using symplectic topology and the Radon transform, we prove that smooth 4-dimensional projective planes are diffeomorphic to . We define the notion of a plane curve in a smooth projective plane, show that plane curves in high dimensional regular planes are lines, prove that homeomorphisms preserving plane curves are smooth collineations, and prove a variety of results analogous to the theory of classical projective planes. *Thanks to Robert Bryant and John Franks.     

Four-Dimensional Compact Projective Planes with a Solvable Collineation Group

We consider a four-dimensional compact projective plane whose collineation group is six-dimensional and solvable with a nilradical N isomorphic to Nil×R, where Nil denotes the three-dimensional, simply connected, non-Abelian, nilpotent Lie group. We assume that fixes a flag p W, acts transitively on and fixes no point in the set W\p. Under these conditions, we will prove that either contains a three-dimensional group of elations or acts doubly transitively on .     

关于Suzuki群与射影平面的一个注记

设G Aut(D)且Soc(G) =Sz(q) ,这里q=2 p,p为奇素数,若有Sz(q) 相似文献   

A Correction to “Incidence Matrices and Collineations of Finite Projective Planes” by Chat Yin Ho, Designs, Codes and Cryptography, 18 (1999), 159–162

In this note we consider the set of incidence matrices of a cyclic projective planes whose set of points has cardinality a prime number p. We provide a correct proof of a result of Ho, showing that there exists an incidence matrix that possesses exactly p distinct eigenvalues.     

On Embeddings of the Flag Geometries of Projective Planes in Finite Projective Spaces

The flag geometry =( ) of a finite projective plane of order s is the generalized hexagon of order (s, 1) obtained from by putting equal to the set of all flags of , by putting equal to the set of all points and lines of and where I is the natural incidence relation (inverse containment), i.e., is the dual of the double of in the sense of Van Maldeghem Mal:98. Then we say that is fully and weakly embedded in the finite projective space PG(d, q) if is a subgeometry of the natural point-line geometry associated with PG(d, q), if s = q, if the set of points of generates PG(d, q), and if the set of points of not opposite any given point of does not generate PG(d, q). Preparing the classification of all such embeddings, we construct in this paper the classical examples, prove some generalities and show that the dimension d of the projective space belongs to {6,7,8}.     

16-Dimensional Smooth Projective Planes with Large Collineation Groups

Smooth projective planes are projective planes defined on smooth manifolds (i.e. the set of points and the set of lines are smooth manifolds) such that the geometric operations of join and intersection are smooth. A systematic study of such planes and of their collineation groups can be found in previous works of the author. We prove in this paper that a 16-dimensional smooth projective plane which admits a collineation group of dimension d 39 is isomorphic to the octonion projective plane P₂ O. For topological compact projective planes this is true if d 41. Note that there are nonclassical topological planes with a collineation group of dimension 40.     

Dominating Sets in Projective Planes

We describe small dominating sets of the incidence graphs of finite projective planes by establishing a stability result that shows that dominating sets are strongly related to blocking and covering sets. Our main result states that if a dominating set in a projective plane of order is smaller than (i.e., twice the size of a Baer subplane), then it contains either all but possibly one points of a line or all but possibly one lines through a point. Furthermore, we completely characterize dominating sets of size at most . In Desarguesian planes, we could rely on strong stability results on blocking sets to show that if a dominating set is sufficiently smaller than 3q, then it consists of the union of a blocking set and a covering set apart from a few points and lines.     

Classification of Embeddings of the Flag Geometries of Projective Planes in Finite Projective Spaces, Part 2

The flag geometry Γ=( ,  , I) of a finite projective plane Π of order s is the generalized hexagon of order (s, 1) obtained from Π by putting equal to the set of all flags of Π, by putting equal to the set of all points and lines of Π, and where I is the natural incidence relation (inverse containment), i.e., Γ is the dual of the double of Π in the sense of H. Van Maldeghem (1998, “Generalized Polygons,” Birkhäuser Verlag, Basel). Then we say that Γ is fully and weakly embedded in the finite projective space PG(d, q) if Γ is a subgeometry of the natural point-line geometry associated with PG(d, q), if s=q, if the set of points of Γ generates PG(d, q), and if the set of points of Γ not opposite any given point of Γ does not generate PG(d, q). In two earlier papers we have shown that the dimension d of the projective space belongs to {6, 7, 8}, that the projective plane Π is Desarguesian, and we have classified the full and weak embeddings of Γ (Γ as above) in the case that there are two opposite lines L, M of Γ with the property that the subspace U_L, M of PG(d, q) generated by all lines of Γ meeting either L or M has dimension 6 (which is automatically satisfied if d=6). In the present paper, we partly handle the case d=7; more precisely, we consider for d=7 the case where for all pairs (L, M) of opposite lines of Γ, the subspace U_L, M has dimension 7 and where there exist four lines concurrent with L contained in a 4-dimensional subspace of PG(7, q).     

On Sets of Planes in Projective Spaces Intersecting Mutually in One Point

Let be a projective space. In this paper we consider sets of planes of such that any two planes of intersect in exactly one point. Our investigation will lead to a classification of these sets in most cases. There are the following two main results:- If is a set of planes of a projective space intersecting mutually in one point, then the set of intersection points spans a subspace of dimension 6. There are up to isomorphism only three sets where this dimension is 6. These sets are related to the Fano plane.- If is a set of planes of PG(d,q) intersecting mutually in one point, and if q3, 3(q²+q+1), then is either contained in a Klein quadric in PG(5,q), or is a dual partial spread in PG(4,q), or all elements of pass through a common point.     

An Extremal Characterization of the Incidence Graphs of Projective Planes

Let G be a 4-cycle free, bipartite graph on 2n vertices with partitions of equal cardinality n. Let c₆(G) denote the number of cycles of length 6 in G. We prove that for n 3, c₆(G) , where , with equality if and only if G is the incidence point-line graph of a projective plane.     

The Classification of Projective Planes of Order q3 with Cone-Representations in PG (6, q)

The classification of cone-representations of projective planes of orderq ³ of index 3 and rank 4 (and so in PG(6,^q)) is completed. Any projective plane with a non-spread representation (being a cone-representation of the second kind) is a dual generalised Desarguesian translation plane, as found by Jha and Johnson, and conversely. Indeed, given any collineation of PG(2,^q) with no fixed points, there exists such a projective plane of order q³ , where q is a prime power, that has the second kind of cone-representation of index 3 and rank 4 in PG(6,q). An associated semifield plane of order q ³ is also constructed at most points of the plane. Although Jha and Johnson found this plane before, here we can show directly the geometrical connection between these two kinds of planes.     

K-generic Projective Planes have Morley Rank Two or Infinity

We show that K-generic projective planes have Morley rank either two or infinity. We also show give a direct argument that such planes are not Desarguesian. Mathematics Subject Classification: 03C45, 05C90, 51A35.     

一类交换群的自同构群

本文利用一种新方法,考虑交换群Cp2×Cp 的自同构群,得到了该自同构群的结构.我们的结论是:Aut(Cp2×Cp)[Cp- 1∝(Cp×Cp)]holCp.     

Minimal Symmetric Differences of Lines in Projective Planes

Let q be an odd prime power and let be the minimum size of the symmetric difference of r lines in the Desarguesian projective plane . We prove some results about the function , in particular showing that there exists a constant such that for .     

Unit Groups of Integral Finite Group Rings with No Noncyclic Abelian Finite p-Subgroups

It is shown that in the units of augmentation one of an integral group ring ? G of a finite group G, a noncyclic subgroup of order p ², for some odd prime p, exists only if such a subgroup exists in G. The corresponding statement for p = 2 holds by the Brauer–Suzuki theorem, as recently observed by Kimmerle.     

Generalized Quadrangles with an Abelian Singer Group

In this note we characterize thick finite generalized quadrangles constructed from a generalized hyperoval as those admitting an abelian Singer group, i.e., an abelian group acting regularly on the points. S. De Winter: The first author is a Research Assistant of the Fund for Scientific Research—Flanders (Belgium). K. Thas: The second author is a Postdoctoral Fellow of the Fund for Scientific Research—Flanders (Belgium).     

Functions on Linear Spaces Associated with Finite Projective Planes

Using spread sets that define finite translation planes, we construct functions that map a finite linear space into itself. Properties of such functions, which are of interest from the standpoint of cryptography, are examined. We look into the relationship between these functions and corresponding translation planes.