On prime order automorphisms of generalized quadrangles

DOI10.5802/ALCO.89MaRDI QIDQ2297553zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Santana F. Afton, Eric Swartz

Publication date 20 February 2020

Published in Algebraic Combinatorics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Copyright license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1809.05569

zbMATH Keywords

generalized quadranglesprime order automorphisms

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Generalized quadrangles and generalized polygons in finite geometry (51E12)

Abstract: In this paper, we study prime order automorphisms of generalized quadrangles. We show that, if $mathcalQ$ is a thick generalized quadrangle of order $(s,t)$, where $s>t$ and $s+1$ is prime, and $mathcalQ$ has an automorphism of order $s+1$, then [ s leftlceil leftlceil frac{t^2}{s+1} ight ceilleft(frac{s+1}{t} ight) ight ceil le t(s+t),] with a similar inequality holding in the dual case when $t>s$, $t+1$ is prime, and $mathcalQ$ is a thick generalized quadrangle of order $(s,t)$ with an automorphism of order $t+1$. In particular, if $s+1$ is prime and if there exists a natural number $n$ such that [ frac{t^2}{n+1} + t le s + 1 < frac{t^2}{n},] then a thick generalized quadrangle $mathcalQ$ cannot have an automorphism of order $s+1$, and hence the automorphism group of $mathcalQ$ cannot be transitive on points. These results apply to numerous potential orders for which it is still unknown whether or not generalized quadrangles exist, showing that any examples would necessarily be somewhat asymmetric. Finally, we are able to use the theory we have built up about prime order automorphisms of generalized quadrangles to show that the automorphism group of a potential generalized quadrangle of order $(4,12)$ must necessarily be intransitive on both points and lines.

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