Unitals with many involutory translations

DOI10.1007/S13366-022-00633-3zbMATH Open1523.51003arXiv2201.02811OpenAlexW4220869330MaRDI QIDQ6103597FDOQ6103597

Authors: Theo Grundhöfer, Markus Stroppel, Hendrik Van Maldeghem 

Publication date: 27 June 2023

Published in: Beiträge zur Algebra und Geometrie (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: If every point of a unital is fixed by a non-trivial translation and at least one translation has order two then the unital is classical (i.e., hermitian).

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2201.02811

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zbMATH Keywords

involutiontranslationunitalHermitian unitalFigueroa planespolar unitals

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Steiner systems in finite geometry (51E10) Homomorphism, automorphism and dualities in linear incidence geometry (51A10)

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