The extended modular group acting on the projective line over a Galois field (Q1825282)

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The extended modular group acting on the projective line over a Galois field
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    The extended modular group acting on the projective line over a Galois field (English)
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    Let \(F_ p\) be the finite field of prime order p, where \(p\equiv \pm 1 (mod 7)\), let \(PL(F_ p)=F_ p\cup \{\infty \}\) be the projective line over \(F_ p\) and let \(\Delta (2,3,7)=<x,y:\) \(x^ 2=y^ 3=(xy)^ 7=1>\). Each homomorphism from \(\Delta\) (2,3,7) to \(PGL(F_ p)\) gives rise (via the natural action of \(PGL(2,F_ p)\) on \(PL(F_ p))\) to an action on \(PL(F_ p)\), and this action has a corresponding coset diagram. In this paper the author examines symmetry patterns in these diagrams for the first few p.
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    finite field
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    projective line
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    natural action
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    coset diagram
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    symmetry patterns
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