On deriving unitals

DOI10.1016/S0012-365X(99)90051-1MaRDI QIDQ1292818zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Aart Blokhuis, Christine M. O'Keefe

Publication date 9 August 1999

Published in Discrete Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/s0012-365x(99)90051-1

zbMATH Keywords

derivationprojective planesunitals

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Combinatorial aspects of finite geometries (05B25) Combinatorial structures in finite projective spaces (51E20)

Review text

The authors prove several theorems which show that suitable unitals in derivable projective planes give rise to unitals in the derived planes. In this way they obtain very short proofs for several known constructions of unitals in the Hall planes.

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