The translation planes of order 49 and their automorphism groups (Q4396459)

The classification of the translation planes of order 49 was first obtained by \textit{R. Mathon} and \textit{G. Royle} [Des. Codes Cryptography 5, No. 1, 57-72 (1995; Zbl 0819.51003)]. In the present paper, by using an entirely different method for solving the isomorphism problem which significantly reduces the computational effort, the authors describe the enumeration of the translation planes of order 49 and the computation of their automorphism groups. Fortunately, the number 973 of isomorphism classes (up to polarity) agrees with the result obtained by Mathon and Royle. In 10 tables, the authors present the automorphism groups of these 973 planes. In terms of spread sets, the various planes are available at the ftp site: ftp://www.mathematik.uni-kl.de/pub/Math/Algebra/49-planes.