Flag-transitive 2-designs arising from line-spreads in PG\((2n-1,2)\) (Q1306496)

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Flag-transitive 2-designs arising from line-spreads in PG\((2n-1,2)\)
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    Flag-transitive 2-designs arising from line-spreads in PG\((2n-1,2)\) (English)
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    12 December 1999
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    The number of lines in \(\text{PG}(2n-1,2)\) whose orbit under the subgroup of index \(3\) in the Singer group is a spread is given by \((2^{2n}-1)(2^n+(-1)^{n+1})^2/27\). Such lines give rise (by a developement) to a flag-transitive \(2\)-\((2^{2n},4,1)\) design \(D\). Cases in which \(D\) is a \(\text{AG}(n,4)\) are determined.
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    Singer cycle
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    projective space
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    line-spread in projective spaces
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    orbits
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