The combinatorics of automorphisms and opposition in generalised polygons

DOI10.1007/s00026-015-0277-6zbMath1327.05048arXiv1309.6190OpenAlexW1828124673MaRDI QIDQ893898

James Parkinson, Beukje Temmermans, Van Maldeghem, Hendrik

Publication date: 20 November 2015

Published in: Annals of Combinatorics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1309.6190

zbMATH Keywords

projective planesdomestic automorphismsgeneralised polygonsPhan theory

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Combinatorial aspects of finite geometries (05B25) Groups with a (BN)-pair; buildings (20E42)

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