On semi-finite hexagons of order (2,t) containing a subhexagon

DOI10.1007/S00026-016-0315-ZzbMATH Open1358.51004arXiv1503.05865OpenAlexW1583544302MaRDI QIDQ331485FDOQ331485

Authors: Anurag Bishnoi, Bart De Bruyn 

Publication date: 27 October 2016

Published in: Annals of Combinatorics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The research in this paper was motivated by one of the most important open problems in the theory of generalized polygons, namely the existence problem for semi-finite thick generalized polygons. We show here that no semi-finite generalized hexagon of order $(2,t)$ can have a subhexagon $H$ of order $2$. Such a subhexagon is necessarily isomorphic to the split Cayley generalized hexagon $H(2)$ or its point-line dual $H^D(2)$. In fact, the employed techniques allow us to prove a stronger result. We show that every near hexagon $mathcalS$ of order $(2,t)$ which contains a generalized hexagon $H$ of order $2$ as an isometrically embedded subgeometry must be finite. Moreover, if $Hcong{H}^D(2)$ then $mathcalS$ must also be a generalized hexagon, and consequently isomorphic to either $H^D(2)$ or the dual twisted triality hexagon $T(2,8)$.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1503.05865

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zbMATH Keywords

near hexagonvaluationgeneralized hexagonsubhexagon

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Combinatorial aspects of finite geometries (05B25) Generalized quadrangles and generalized polygons in finite geometry (51E12)

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