An atlas of regular thin geometries for small groups

Leemans, Dimitri

doi:10.1090/S0025-5718-99-01130-8

An atlas of regular thin geometries for small groups
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Abstract:

For some small groups, we give, up to isomorphism, an exhaustive list of all residually connected thin geometries on which these groups act regularly. We then show the utility of such an atlas by proving several results about smallest groups acting on a given diagram. The results have been obtained using a series of Magma programs.

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