Type: Article
Publication Date: 1975-10-01
Citations: 79
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2140/pjm.1975.60.217
For a compact connected topological projective plane $\ the following is shown: In the compact-open topology, the automorphism group Σ of ^ is a locally compact transformation group with countable basis.If Σ is transitive on incident point-line pairs, or if dim ^ ^ 16 and Σ is point transitive, then 9 is isomorphic to one of the four classical planes over an associative or alternative division ring.