Generalized polygons with highly transitive collineation groups

DOI10.1007/BF01263479MaRDI QIDQ1900112zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Michael Joswig

Publication date 26 June 1996

Published in Geometriae Dedicata (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01263479

zbMATH Keywords

compact connected topological generalized \(n\)-gonsgeneralized quadrangles

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Generalized quadrangles and generalized polygons in finite geometry (51E12) Topological nonlinear incidence structures (51H15) Topological geometries on manifolds (51H20)

Review text

The paper investigates compact connected topological generalized \(n\)-gons where the full collineation group acts transitively on the set of ordered \((n + 1)\)-gons. The main result states that only the classical polygons arise. Only generalized quadrangles have to be considered in more detail, since for the other possibilities, namely compact connected topological generalized triangles and hexagons, one knows all such polygons where the collineation group acts flag transitively. For generalized quadrangles all Moufang quadrangles are studied. It is shown that only the classical ones allow a group acting transitively on the set of ordered pentagons. The text is well structured and the material is presented in a very nice fashion.

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