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Sharply transitive linear groups over algebraically closed fields
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by Gregory Cherlin, Theo Grundhöfer, Ali Nesin and Helmut Völklein PDF
Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 111 (1991), 541-550 Request permission

Abstract:

We classify the groups from the title. The result is interpreted in terms of nearfields, and applied to a problem in the model theory of permutation groups.
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  • © Copyright 1991 American Mathematical Society
  • Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 111 (1991), 541-550
  • MSC: Primary 20A15; Secondary 03C45, 03C60, 20B22, 20H20
  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-1991-1031450-5
  • MathSciNet review: 1031450