We prove that every Moulton plane of odd order—by duality every generalised André plane—contains a unital. We conjecture that such unitals are non-classical, that is, they are not isomorphic, as designs, to the Hermitian unital. We prove our conjecture for Moulton planes which differ from PG(2, q2) by a relatively small number of point-line incidences. Up to duality, our results extend previous analogous results—due to Barwick and Grüning—concerning inherited unitals in Hall planes.

Inherited unitals in Moulton planes

Korchmáros, Gábor;Sonnino, Angelo
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2018-01-01

Abstract

We prove that every Moulton plane of odd order—by duality every generalised André plane—contains a unital. We conjecture that such unitals are non-classical, that is, they are not isomorphic, as designs, to the Hermitian unital. We prove our conjecture for Moulton planes which differ from PG(2, q2) by a relatively small number of point-line incidences. Up to duality, our results extend previous analogous results—due to Barwick and Grüning—concerning inherited unitals in Hall planes.
2018
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