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A note on generalized Hall planes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 April 2009

N.L. Johnson
N.L. Johnson
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA.
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Abstract

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We prove that if π is a generalized Hall plane of odd order with associated Baer subplane π0 then π is a Hall plane if and only if there is a collineation σ of π such that π0σ ∩ π0 is an affine point.

Type
Research Article
Information
Bulletin of the Australian Mathematical Society , Volume 8 , Issue 1 , February 1973 , pp. 151 - 153
Copyright
Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1973

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