A note on unitary polarities in finite Dickson semifield planes (Q2352480)

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A note on unitary polarities in finite Dickson semifield planes
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    A note on unitary polarities in finite Dickson semifield planes (English)
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    2 July 2015
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    The present paper is an addendum to [\textit{A. M. W. Hui} et al., J. Geom. 104, No. 3, 469--493 (2013; Zbl 1302.51003)] and proves that ``any unitary polarity of the Dickson semifield plane \(\Pi({\mathcal K})\) is determined by an autotopism of the Dickson semifield \({\mathcal K}\) of the form \((\alpha,a\alpha,a^{-1}\alpha)\) for \(\alpha\) an involutory automorphism of \({\mathcal K}\) and \(a\in\mathbb{F}_q^*\), and that any unitary polarity defined by \((\alpha,a\alpha,a^{-1}\alpha)\) is conjugate to the one defined by \((\alpha,\alpha,\alpha)\). Thus, there is only one class of polar unitals in each of these planes.''
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    non-Desarguesian plane
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    Dickson semifield plane
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    Dickson-Ganley polar unital
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    unitary polarity
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    autotopism group
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