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Finite (line, plane)-flag-transitive planar spaces

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We classify the finite planar spaces whose automorphism group acts transitively on the (line, plane)-flags.

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  1. Département de Mathématique CP 216, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Boulevard du Triomphe, B-1050, Bruxelles, Belgium

    Anne Delandtsheer

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Dedicated to Professor Wagner on the occasion of his 60th birthday

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Delandtsheer, A. Finite (line, plane)-flag-transitive planar spaces. Geom Dedicata 41, 145–153 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00182415

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