Mappings of Galois planes preserving the unit Euclidean distance (Q1067610)

The following theorem is proved: Theorem: Let \(K=GF(p^ m)\), \(p\neq 2,3\) a prime, and \(\sigma: K^ 2\to K^ 2\) be a map preserving the unit Euclidean distance. Then \(\sigma\) is an automorphism of the vector space \(K^ 2\) over GF(p), composed with a translation of \(K^ 2\). Moreover if \(m=1\), \(\sigma\) is an isometry.