On deriving unitals
type: Item
instance of: scholarly article
title: On deriving unitals
zbMATH Open document ID: 0939.51008
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-365X(99)90051-1
author: Aart Blokhuis
author: Christine M. O'Keefe
published in: Discrete Mathematics
publication date: 1999-08-09T00:00:00Z
review text: The authors prove several theorems which show that suitable unitals in derivable projective planes give rise to unitals in the derived planes. In this way they obtain very short proofs for several known constructions of unitals in the Hall planes.
reviewed by: Dieter Jungnickel
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 51E20
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 05B25
zbMATH DE Number: 1322006
zbMATH Keywords: derivation
zbMATH Keywords: unitals
zbMATH Keywords: projective planes
MaRDI profile type: Publication
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full work available at URL: s0012-365x(99)90051-1
OpenAlex ID: W4210476450
description: scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1322006