Homogeneous translation groups (Q2266227)
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Homogeneous translation groups (English)
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1985
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It is known that the translation group of a finite affine plane is transitive if in each direction the number of translations is the same. In this short note the author proves an analogous theorem for a topological affine plane with locally compact point set. He announces that his theorem will be used in a future publication to prove that the Moufang plane over the real octonians is the only compact projective plane admitting a group of dimension \(>40\).
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translation group
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Moufang plane
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octonians
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