A semifield plane of odd order admitting an autotopism subgroup isomorphic to \(A_5\) (Q721373)

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A semifield plane of odd order admitting an autotopism subgroup isomorphic to \(A_5\)
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    A semifield plane of odd order admitting an autotopism subgroup isomorphic to \(A_5\) (English)
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    19 July 2018
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    Consider a semifield plane \(\pi\) of order \(p^{N}\), \(p>2\) a prime. The authors prove: If the autotopism group of \(\pi\) contains \(A_{5}\), and is in particular non solvable, then \(N=4n\) and the matrices describing spread sets that defines \(\pi\) have a special form described in the paper. If \(p\equiv 1\pmod 4\), then this cannot happen. The authors use elaborate calculations with matrices inside the spread sets.
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    semifield plane
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    collineation group
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    alternating group
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    spread set
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