Using elementary methods it is proved that the eigenvalues of generalized Moore geometries of type GM,,,(s, t, c) are of degree at most 3 with respect to the field of rational numbers, if st> 1.
The nonexistence of Moore geometries of diameter 4
β Scribed by Frederick J. Fuglister
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1983
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 857 KB
- Volume
- 45
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0012-365X
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