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Generalized Quadrangles with an Abelian Singer Group

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In this note we characterize thick finite generalized quadrangles constructed from a generalized hyperoval as those admitting an abelian Singer group, i.e., an abelian group acting regularly on the points.

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  1. Department of Pure Mathematics and Computer Algebra, Ghent University, Galglaan 2, B-9000, Ghent, Belgium

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Communicated by:M. de Resmini

S. De Winter: The first author is a Research Assistant of the Fund for Scientific Research—Flanders (Belgium).

K. Thas: The second author is a Postdoctoral Fellow of the Fund for Scientific Research—Flanders (Belgium).

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De Winter, S., Thas, K. Generalized Quadrangles with an Abelian Singer Group. Des Codes Crypt 39, 81–87 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10623-005-2747-z

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