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This note discusses a computational method for constructing finite projective planes.
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In honor of my colleagues, Ralph Freese and Bill Lampe.
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Nation, J.B. Extending partial projective planes. Algebra Univers. 80, 7 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00012-019-0581-9
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