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Finite Projective Planes with Affine Subplanes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

T. G. Ostrom  and
F. A. Sherk
T. G. Ostrom
Affiliation:
Washington State University and University of Toronto
F. A. Sherk
Affiliation:
Washington State University and University of Toronto
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A well-known theorem, due to R. H. Bruck ([4], p. 398), is the following:

If a finite projective plane of order n has a projective subplane of order m < n, then either n = m2 or n > m 2+ m.

In this paper we prove an analagous theorem concerning affine subplanes of finite projective planes (Theorem 1). We then construct a number of examples; in particular we find all the finite Desarguesian projective planes containing affine subplanes of order 3 (Theorem 2).

Type
Research Article
Information
Canadian Mathematical Bulletin , Volume 7 , Issue 4 , December 1964 , pp. 549 - 559
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 1964

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