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Affine Subplanes of Finite Projective Planes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

J. F. Rigby*
Affiliation:
University of Toronto
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Let π be a finite projective plane of order n containing a finite projective subplane π* of order u < n. Bruck has shown (1, p. 398) that if π contains a point that does not lie on any line of π*, then nu2 + u, while if every point of π lies on a line of π* then n = u2.

Let π be a finite projective plane of order n containing a finite affine subplane π0 of order m < n.

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Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 1965

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