The combinatorics of automorphisms and opposition in generalised polygons
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DOI10.1007/S00026-015-0277-6zbMATH Open1327.05048arXiv1309.6190OpenAlexW1828124673MaRDI QIDQ893898FDOQ893898
Authors: James Parkinson, Beukje Temmermans, Hendrik Van Maldeghem 
Publication date: 20 November 2015
Published in: Annals of Combinatorics (Search for Journal in Brave)
Abstract: We investigate the combinatorial interplay between automorphisms and opposition in (primarily finite) generalised polygons. We provide restrictions on the fixed element structures of automorphisms of a generalised polygon mapping no chamber to an opposite chamber. Furthermore, we give a complete classification of automorphisms of finite generalised polygons which map at least one point and at least one line to an opposite, but map no chamber to an opposite chamber. Finally, we show that no automorphism of a finite thick generalised polygon maps all chambers to opposite chambers, except possibly in the case of generalised quadrangles with coprime parameters.
Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1309.6190
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