Transitive projective planes and insoluble groups

Transitive projective planes and insoluble groups

Suppose that a group G acts transitively on the points of P, a finite non-Desarguesian projective plane. We prove first that the Sylow 2subgroups of G are cyclic or generalized quaternion; we then prove that if G is insoluble then G/O(G) is isomorphic to SL2(5) or SL2(5).2. MSC(2000): 20B25, 51A35.

Transitive projective planes

A long-standing conjecture is that any transitive finite projective plane is Desarguesian. We make a contribution towards a proof of this conjecture by showing that a group acting transitively on the points of a non-Desarguesian projective plane must not contain any components. 1 Background definitions and main results We say that a projective plane is transitive (respectively primitive) if it ...

Transitive projective planes and 2-rank

Suppose that a group G acts transitively on the points of a nonDesarguesian plane, P. We prove first that the Sylow 2-subgroups of G are cyclic or generalized quaternion. We also prove that P must admit an odd order automorphism group which acts transitively on the set of points of P. 1 MSC(2000): 20B25, 51A35.

Transitive hyperovals in finite projective planes

Flag-transitive Point-primitive symmetric designs and three dimensional projective special linear groups

The main aim of this article is to study (v,k,λ)-symmetric designs admitting a flag-transitive and point-primitive automorphism group G whose socle is PSL(3,q). We indeed show that the only possible design satisfying these conditions is a Desarguesian projective plane PG(2,q) and G > PSL(3,q).