Publikationsdatum:
1979-01-01
Beschreibung:
The author considers one of the main problems in finite translation planes to be the identification of the abstract groups which can act as collineation groups and how those groups can act.The paper is concerned with the case where the plane is defined on a vector space of dimension2d overGF(q), whereqanddare odd. If the stabilizer of the zero vector is non-solvable, letG0be a minimal normal non-solvable subgroup. We suspect thatG0must be isomorphic to someSL(2,u)or homomorphic toA6orA7. Our main result is that this is the case whendis the product of distinct primes.The results depend heavily on the Gorenstein-Walter determination of finite groups having dihedral Sylow2-groups whendandqare both odd. The methods and results overlap those in a joint paper by Kallaher and the author which is to appear in Geometriae Dedicata. The only known example (besides Desarguesian planes) is Hering's plane of order27(i.e.,dandqare both equal to3) which admitsSL(2,13).
Print ISSN:
0161-1712
Digitale ISSN:
1687-0425
Thema:
Mathematik
