scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1979701

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The author considers semifield planes of order \(q^4\) with the kernel \(K\cong \text{GF}(p^s)\), (\(q= p^r\), \(p> 2\) a prime, \(s\leq r\)). A projectivity \(\beta\) is called a \(p\)-primitive Baer projectivity if it leaves fixed the Baer subplane pointwisely and its order is a \(p\)-primitive divisor of \((q^2- 1)\), i.e., \(|\beta|\mid(q^2- 1)\) and \(|\beta|\nmid (p^i- 1)\), \(i= 1,\dots, 2r-1\). A semigroup plane of order \(q^4\) with the kernel \(K\), where \(q= p^r\), \(p> 2\) a prime, is called a \(p\)-primitive semifield plane if it admits a \(p\)-primitive Baer projectivity. Planes of rank 4 with the regular set \[ \Sigma= \begin{pmatrix} u &\tau v\\ f(v) & u^q\end{pmatrix} \] where \(u,v,f(v)= f_0v+ f_1 v^p+\cdots+ f_{2r-1} v^{p^{2r-1}}\in \text{GF}(q^2)\) and \(\tau\) normalizes \(\text{GF}(q^2)\), are investigated. It is proved that if \(\pi\) is such a plane and either \(f(v)= f_0v\) or \(f(v)= f_rv^q\) then the 2-rank of the autotopism group is equal to 3 and a certain Sylow 2-subgroup has the form \(S= H_2\cdot\langle g\rangle\langle g_1\rangle\). Here \(H_2\) is a Sylow 2-subgroup of the abelian subgroup of special form in the autotopism group, and \(g\) is a 2-element of a certain form, \(g_1\) is a 2-element of a certain form depending on the form of \(f(v)\).











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