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A characterization of the Hall planes of odd order

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 April 2009

P.B. Kirkpatrick
P.B. Kirkpatrick
Affiliation:
Department of Pure Mathematics, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales.
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Abstract

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The Hall projective planes of odd order are characterized in terms of their translations, collineations which fix all the points of a Baer subplane, and involutory homologies.

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Research Article
Information
Bulletin of the Australian Mathematical Society , Volume 6 , Issue 3 , June 1972 , pp. 407 - 415
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Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1972

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