Innovations in Incidence Geometry

Ostrom-derivates

Abstract

A classification is given of the finite conical flock planes that admit doubly transitive groups acting on the associated skeleton. Furthermore, this allows that the set of translation planes derived from conical flock planes (Ostrom-derivates) usually provide at least two non-isomorphic planes.

Article information

Source
Innov. Incidence Geom., Volume 1, Number 1 (2005), 35-65.

Dates
Accepted: 2 December 2004
First available in Project Euclid: 26 February 2019

https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.iig/1551206815

Digital Object Identifier
doi:10.2140/iig.2005.1.35

Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet)
MR2213953

Zentralblatt MATH identifier
1117.51013

Subjects
Primary: 51E23: Spreads and packing problems
Secondary: 51A40: Translation planes and spreads

Citation

Jha, Vikram; Johnson, Norman L. Ostrom-derivates. Innov. Incidence Geom. 1 (2005), no. 1, 35--65. doi:10.2140/iig.2005.1.35. https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.iig/1551206815

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