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Characterization of biplanes by their automorphism groups

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Lander, E.S. (1981). Characterization of biplanes by their automorphism groups. In: Aigner, M., Jungnickel, D. (eds) Geometries and Groups. Lecture Notes in Mathematics, vol 893. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0091021

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