Unitals in Projective Planes

• Main Authors: Ebert, Gary (Author), Barwick, Susan (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2008.
• Series: Springer Monographs in Mathematics,
• Subjects: Mathematics.; Algebra.; Group theory.; Geometry.; Combinatorics.; Group Theory and Generalizations.

This clearly written text is the first book on unitals embedded in finite projective planes. Unitals are key structures in square order projective planes, and have connections with other structures in algebra. They provide a link between groups and geometries. There is a considerable number of resea...

Table of Contents:

• Preliminaries
• Hermitian Curves and Unitals
• Translation Planes
• Unitals Embedded in Desarguesian Planes
• Unitals Embedded in Non-Desarguesian Planes
• Combinatorial Questions and Associated Configurations
• Characterization Results
• Open Problems.