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Every group is the automorphism group of a rank-3 matroid

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Every group is the automorphism group of a rank-3 extension of a rank-3 Dowling geometry.

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Bonin, J.E., Kung, J.P.S. Every group is the automorphism group of a rank-3 matroid. Geom Dedicata 50, 243–246 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01267866

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