Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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1148610 | Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference | 2014 | 13 Pages |
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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Authors
John Bamberg, Anton Betten, Cheryl E. Praeger, Alfred Wassermann,