Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
1148610 Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference 2014 13 Pages PDF
Abstract

Using computer, we classify the unitals in the Desarguesian projective plane of order 16. We use computational methods based on analysis involving tactical decompositions to break symmetry, making a computer search feasible. We prove that all unitals in PG(2,16)PG(2,16) are known, namely, up to isomorphism, there are exactly two Buekenhout–Metz unitals (one of them the Hermitian curve).

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