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Group-Theoretic Axioms For Projective Geometry

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

Alex D. Gottlieb
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics Purdue UniversityW. Lafayette IN 47907, U. S. A
Joseph Lipman
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics Purdue UniversityW. Lafayette IN 47907, U. S. A
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Abstract

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We show that a certain category 𝓖 whose objects are pairs GH of groups subject to simple axioms is equivalent to the category of ≥ 2-dimensional vector spaces and injective semi-linear maps; and deduce via the "Fundamental Theorem of Projective Geometry" that the category of ≥ 2-dimensional projective spaces is equivalent to the quotient of a suitable subcategory of 𝓖 by the least equivalence relation which identifies conjugation by any element of H with the identity automorphism of G.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 1991

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