Construction of the projective plane $PG(2,q^2)$ from the unitary group $PSU(3,q)$
In 2013, the first and the second author of this paper described a construction of the projective plane $\text{PG}(2,q^2)$ from the unitary group $\text{PSU}(3,q)$, for $q=3,4,5,7$. The construction is obtained by using a computer. In the same paper, it is conjectured that in a similar way one can construct the projective plane $\text{PG}(2,q^2)$ from the unitary group $\text{PSU}(3,q)$, for every prime power $q$. In this paper, we give a construction of a Desarguesian projective plane from a unitary group that confirms this conjecture.
Authors
- Andrea Švob (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6558-5167)
- Dean Crnković (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3299-7859)
- Francesco Pavese (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8763-5329)
- Vedrana Mikulić Crnković (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0757-0009)
Institutions
- University of Rijeka (HR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Contributions to Discrete Mathematics
- Published
- 2024-09-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.55016/ojs/cdm.v19i3.68885
- Primary Topic
- Finite Group Theory Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Hrvatska Zaklada za Znanost