A classification of Minkowski planes over half-ordered fields

This paper concerns a construction of Minkowski planes over half-ordered fields [5] and [20]. Solving various functional equations the Klein-Kroll types of these Minkowski planes are determined with respect toG- andq-translations and (p, q)-homotheties. Examples for some of the resulting types are given.     

A characterization of the semi-isometries of a Minkowski plane over a field K

Under certain hypotheses on the field K,W.Bens has proved that a map of the plane K², which preserves a single Lorents-Minkowski — distance is semilinear and injective [5],[6]. We shall generalise this result for every field K with char K ? {2,3,5 } and for K = GF(5^m), m> 1.     

A perimeter-based angle measure in Minkowski planes

Measuring angles in the Euclidean plane is a well-known topic, but for general normed planes there exists a variety of different concepts. These can be of a special kind, e.g. also preserving special orthogonality types. But these concepts are no angle measures in the sense of measure theory since they are not additive. This motivates us to define a new angle measure for normed planes that is in fact a measure in the sense of measure theory. Furthermore, we look at related types of rotation and reflection.     

Towards a characterization of generalized twisted field planes

In this work we study semifield planes of orderq ⁿ(q=p ^r ,p prime) with a collineation whose order is ap-primitive divisor ofq ⁿ–1.Research supported in part by NSF Grant No. DMS-9107372Research supported in part by NSF grants RII-9014056, component IV of the EPSCoR of Puerto Rico grant and ARO grant for Cornell MSI.     

A characterization of Thalesian orthogonality in Pappian planes of characteristic 2

In an affine plane over a field K, any Thalesian orthogonality relation is equivalent to _d for some dK{0}, where _d denotes the relation with constant of orthogonality d/it (i.e., after suitable coordinatization the slopes m, m*K{0} of orthogonal lines satisfy m·m*=d) (cf. [1], [5]). In the present paper we show that in a Pappian plane of characteristic two any orthogonality relation admitting the same group as ₁ is equivalent to ₁. This gives a characterization of Thalesian orthogonality over perfect fields of characteristic two.     

On the generalized twisted field planes of characteristic 2

Let be a non-Desarguesian semifield plane of order 2 ⁿ 2⁶, and letG be the autotopism group relative to an autotopism triangle . We prove that ifG acts transitively on the non-vertex points on a side of , then is a generalized twisted field plane. A characterization of the generalized twisted field planes of characteristic 2 is also given.Research supported in part by NSF Grants RII-9014056, component IV of the EPSCoR of Puerto Rico grant and ARO grant for Cornell MSI.Research supported in part by NSF Grant No. DMS-9107372.     

Three-dimensional zeropotent algebras over an algebraically closed field of characteristic two

Abstract

We previously classified three-dimensional zeropotent algebras over an algebraically closed field of any characteristic except for two. The exceptional case of characteristic two is special because some of the previous transformation matrices to verify isomorphism are unavailable. In this paper, we give new transformation matrices peculiar to characteristic two and then achieve classification in the exceptional case. We thus accomplish a classification of three-dimensional zeropotent algebras over an algebraically closed field of any characteristic.     

A remark on the introduction of coordinates in Minkowski planes

Every Minkowski parallel-translation plane in the sense of ARTZY [1] satisfies the quadrangles axiom G of BENZ [4, p. 299]. It follows that the class of all parallel-translation planes coincides with the class of all Minkowski planes over a Tits-nearfield. The results can be extended to Minkowski geometries without the tangency property (called B^*-geometries in [4]).     

Zeta functions of a class of elliptic curves over a rational function field of characteristic two

We show how to calculate the zeta functions and the orders of Tate-Shafarevich groups of the elliptic curves with equation over the rational function field , where is a power of 2. In the range , , odd of degree , the largest values obtained for are (one case), (one case) and (three cases). We observe and discuss a remarkable pattern for the distributions of signs in the functional equation and of fudge factors at places of bad reduction. These imply strong restrictions on the precise form of the Langlands correspondence for GL over local or global fields of characteristic two.

     

Geometric algebra of strictly convex Minkowski planes

Imposing geometric or group-theoretical conditions on left reflections or the group \({\mathfrak{G}}\) generated by them, we obtain many characterizations of the Euclidean plane and of Radon planes within the framework of strictly convex Minkowski planes. In particular, Bachmann’s view of geometry provides a rich source of pertinent conditions on \({\mathfrak{G}}\) . A special role in characterizing the Euclidean plane and Radon planes is played by the shape of the locus of images of a point x under the set of left reflections in lines having a point distinct from x in common.