Finite projective planes of order n with a 2-transitive orbit of length n/2-1.

DOI10.1007/S00010-007-2906-6MaRDI QIDQ2378031zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Alessandro Montinaro

Publication date 5 January 2009

Published in Aequationes Mathematicae (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/s00010-007-2906-6

zbMATH Keywords

collineation groupfinite projective plane

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Multiply transitive finite groups (20B20) Finite automorphism groups of algebraic, geometric, or combinatorial structures (20B25) Finite affine and projective planes (geometric aspects) (51E15)

Review text

Let \(\Pi\) be a finite projective plane of order \(n\) with a collineation group \(G\) which is doubly transitive on some orbit of size \(n/2 -1\). The author proves that \(n=16\); moreover, \(G\) has a normal subgroup \(\text{PSL}(2,7)\) and \(\Pi\) is the desarguesian plane or the Johnson-Walker translation plane or its dual, or \(|G|=42\) and \(\Pi\) is an unknown plane of order 16.

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