Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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9506058 | Advances in Applied Mathematics | 2005 | 8 Pages |
Abstract
We prove that the only geometry of rank n>4 all of whose proper contractions are ternary Dowling geometries is the ternary Dowling geometry. We use this to prove a stronger version of a conjecture of Joseph Kung and James Oxley.
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Authors
Thomas Dowling, Hongxun Qin,