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Concerning a characterisation of Buekenhout-Metz unitals

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In [7], for the casesq even andq=3, a characterisation of the Buekenhout-Metz unitals inPG(2,q 2) was given. We complete this characterisation by proving the result forq>3.

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  1. Department of Pure Mathematics, The University of Adelaide, G.P.O. Box 498, 5001, Adelaide, S.A., Australia

    Catherine T. Quinn & Rey Casse

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Quinn, C.T., Casse, R. Concerning a characterisation of Buekenhout-Metz unitals. J Geom 52, 159–167 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01406836

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