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Applications and refinements of Vince's construction

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This paper describes Vince's construction of regular maps using linear groups. We explain the details of the construction, and show how it can be modified to produce examples of regular maps having specified properties.

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Wilson, S. Applications and refinements of Vince's construction. Geom Dedicata 48, 231–242 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01264069

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