TY - JOUR
T1 - Automorphism groups of certain simple 2-(q,3,λ) designs constructed from finite fields
AU - Beidar, K. I.
AU - Ke, W. F.
AU - Liu, C. H.
AU - Wu, W. R.
PY - 2003/10
Y1 - 2003/10
N2 - Let F be a finite field of characteristic not 2, and S ⊆ F a subset with three elements. Consider the collection S = {S · a + b a, b ∈ F, a ≠ 0}. Then (F, S) is a simple 2-design and the parameter λ of (F, S) is 1, 2, 3 or 6. We find in this paper the full automorphism group of (F, S). Namely, if we put U = { r {0, 1, r} ∈ S} and K the subfield of F generated by U, then the automorphisms of (F, S) are the maps of the form x g(α(x)) + b, x ∈ F, where b ∈ F, α: F → F is a field automorphism fixing U, and g is a linear transformation of F considered as a vector space over K.
AB - Let F be a finite field of characteristic not 2, and S ⊆ F a subset with three elements. Consider the collection S = {S · a + b a, b ∈ F, a ≠ 0}. Then (F, S) is a simple 2-design and the parameter λ of (F, S) is 1, 2, 3 or 6. We find in this paper the full automorphism group of (F, S). Namely, if we put U = { r {0, 1, r} ∈ S} and K the subfield of F generated by U, then the automorphisms of (F, S) are the maps of the form x g(α(x)) + b, x ∈ F, where b ∈ F, α: F → F is a field automorphism fixing U, and g is a linear transformation of F considered as a vector space over K.
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U2 - 10.1016/S1071-5797(03)00013-3
DO - 10.1016/S1071-5797(03)00013-3
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0142246435
SN - 1071-5797
VL - 9
SP - 400
EP - 412
JO - Finite Fields and their Applications
JF - Finite Fields and their Applications
IS - 4
ER -