[Nauty] Re: projective planes (correction)

Mark Goldberg goldberg at cs.rpi.edu
Tue May 20 04:06:01 EST 2003


Here is the exact formulation of Bruck's theorem which can be used
to construct an O(n^{log log n}) algorithm for constructing a
canonical vertex numbering of the graph of a projective plane:


Let $\Phi$ be a subplane of a finite projective plane $\Psi$, and let
the orders of $\Phi$ and $\Psi$ be $m$ and $n$ respectively.
Then, either $\Phi = \Psi$, or $m^2 \leq n$, or $m^2 + m \leq n$.


-Mark







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