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The Collineation Group of the Veblen-Wedderburn Plane of Order Nine
Canadian journal of mathematics, Tome 22 (1970) no. 5, pp. 967-973

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In this paper we prove that the order of the collineation group of the Veblen-Wedderburn plane of order nine is 311,040. This result was stated by Hall [3] in 1943 and proved by Pierce [9] in 1964. Hall assumed that there were 10 · 8 · 6 · 4 · 2 = 3840 collineations which permute points on the ideal line L and 81 collineations which leave L pointwise fixed. In 1955 André [1] verified this assumption. When it was realized that a harmonic homology with axis L had been overlooked, the number of central collineations with axis L doubled and hence the order of the collineation group became 3840 · 162 = 622,080. This latter figure has been assumed to be correct as recently as 1965 ([6]).Here it is proved that there are 1920 collineations which move points on L and 162 collineations which leave L pointwise fixed, thus giving the figure 311,040. Pierce's proof of this fact is established from a different viewpoint. 
Stevenson, Frederick W. The Collineation Group of the Veblen-Wedderburn Plane of Order Nine. Canadian journal of mathematics, Tome 22 (1970) no. 5, pp. 967-973. doi: 10.4153/CJM-1970-110-3
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