Infinite linear spaces

DOI10.1016/0012-365X(92)00503-JMaRDI QIDQ1329340zbMATH OpenFDO

Publication date 2 January 1995

Published in Discrete Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/0012-365X(92)00503-J

free extension infinite linear spaces projective space spread Steiner triple system transfinite induction

Other classical set theory (including functions, relations, and set algebra) (03E20) General theory of linear incidence geometry and projective geometries (51A05) General theory of nonlinear incidence geometry (51B05) Steiner systems in finite geometry (51E10)

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While counting is the main tool in the theory of finite linear spaces in the infinite case free constructions and transfinite induction are used. Some well-known results are generalized in the paper under review: There exist free incidence structures of any infinite cardinality with the property that any \(t\) points lie in exactly \(\lambda\) blocks and any \(s>\lambda\) blocks intersect in exactly \(\mu<t\) points. The same holds for \(s \leq \lambda\), \(t \leq \mu\). Let \(X\) be an infinite linear space with \(\alpha\) lines in which each line has \(\alpha\) points. Let \(\mu\) be a cardinal number satisfying \(1<\mu < \alpha\). Then there exists \(S \subset X\) meeting every line in \(\mu\) points. Furthermore, among other things it is shown that there exists a countable infinite Steiner triple system \(S\) with 2-transitive automorphism group such that any finite triple system occurs as a subsystem of \(S\). Several problems are posed in connection with the theorems.

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