AS-configurations and skew-translation generalised quadrangles

DOI10.1016/J.JALGEBRA.2014.08.031zbMATH Open1302.51005arXiv1405.5063OpenAlexW2019512988MaRDI QIDQ468706FDOQ468706

Authors: John Bamberg, Eric Swartz, S. P. Glasby 

Publication date: 7 November 2014

Published in: Journal of Algebra (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The only known skew-translation generalised quadrangles (STGQ) having order $(q,q)$, with $q$ even, are translation generalised quadrangles. Equivalently, the only known groups $G$ of order $q^3$, $q$ even, admitting an Ahrens-Szekeres (AS-)configuration are elementary abelian. In this paper we prove results in the theory of STGQ giving (i) new structural information for a group $G$ admitting an AS-configuration, (ii) a classification of the STGQ of order $(8,8)$, and (iii) a classification of the STGQ of order $(q,q)$ for odd $q$ (using work of Ghinelli and Yoshiara).

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1405.5063

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zbMATH Keywords

partial difference set\(p\)-groupgeneralised quadrangleskew-translation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Combinatorial aspects of finite geometries (05B25) Generalized quadrangles and generalized polygons in finite geometry (51E12) Finite nilpotent groups, (p)-groups (20D15)

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Uses Software

• GAP
• Magma
• GRAPE

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