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Flag transitive geometries with trialities and no dualities coming from Suzuki groups
Département de Mathématique, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Algèbre et Combinatoire, Boulevard du Triomphe, Brussels, Belgium.
Umeå University, Faculty of Science and Technology, Department of Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-5040-2089
Département de Mathématique, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Algèbre et Combinatoire, Boulevard du Triomphe, Brussels, Belgium.
2025 (English)In: Journal of combinatorial theory. Series A (Print), ISSN 0097-3165, E-ISSN 1096-0899, Vol. 213, article id 106033Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Recently, Leemans and Stokes constructed an infinite family of incidence geometries admitting trialities but no dualities from the groups PSL(2,q) (where q=p3n with p a prime and n>0 a positive integer). Unfortunately, these geometries are not flag transitive. In this paper, we work with the Suzuki groups Sz(q), where q=22e+1 with e a positive integer and 2e+1 is divisible by 3. For any odd integer m dividing q−1, q+2q+1 or q−2q+1 (i.e.: m is the order of some non-involutive element of Sz(q)), we construct geometries of type (m,m,m) that admit trialities but no dualities. We then prove that they are flag transitive when m=5, no matter the value of q. These geometries form the first infinite family of incidence geometries of rank 3 that are flag transitive and have trialities but no dualities. They are constructed using chamber systems and the trialities come from field automorphisms. These same geometries can also be considered as regular hypermaps with automorphism group Sz(q).

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Elsevier, 2025. Vol. 213, article id 106033
Keywords [en]
Incidence geometry, Suzuki groups, Triality
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Discrete Mathematics
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URN: urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-236497DOI: 10.1016/j.jcta.2025.106033ISI: 001437806900001Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85219030745OAI: oai:DiVA.org:umu-236497DiVA, id: diva2:1945510
Available from: 2025-03-18 Created: 2025-03-18 Last updated: 2025-03-18Bibliographically approved

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