Ascher Wagner Explained

Ascher Otto Wagner (12 October 1930, in Vienna – 27 May 2000, in London) was an Austrian and British mathematician, specializing in the theory of finite groups and finite projective planes. He is known for the .^[1]

Ascher Wagner received his Ph.D. in 1958 with dissertation Some Problems on Projective Planes and Related Topics in the Theory of Algebraic Operations supervised by Kurt Hirsch. Wagner was a faculty member at the University of London and then at the University of Birmingham.

In 1958 he married Gillian Mary Jaidka (1929–1993) in Hampstead, London.

Selected publications

• 10.1007/BF01181398. On projective and affine planes with transitive collineation groups. Mathematische Zeitschrift. 71. 186–199. 1959. Ostrom. T. G.. Wagner. A.. 120229235.
• 10.1007/BF01112361. Transitivity of finite permutation groups on unordered sets. Mathematische Zeitschrift. 90. 5. 393–403. 1965. Livingstone. Donald. Wagner. Ascher. 2027.42/46299. 122851941. free.
• 10.1007/BF01111350. Normal subgroups of triply-transitive permutation groups of odd degree. Mathematische Zeitschrift. 94. 3. 219–222. 1966. Wagner. A.. 121594270.
• 10.1007/BF01111124. On the classification of the classical groups. Mathematische Zeitschrift. 97. 66–76. 1967. Wagner. A.. 119555774.
• 10.1007/BF02993513. Groups generated by elations. Abhandlungen aus dem Mathematischen Seminar der Universität Hamburg. 41. 190–205. 1974. Wagner. Ascher. 122286736.
• 10.1007/BF01213989. The faithful linear representation of least degree of S_n and A_n over a field of characteristic 2. Mathematische Zeitschrift. 151. 2. 127–137. 1976. Wagner. Ascher. 125109537.
• 10.1007/BF01241824. The faithful linear representations of least degree of S_n and A_n over a field of odd characteristic. Mathematische Zeitschrift. 154. 2. 103–114. 1977. Wagner. Ascher. 121778952.
• 10.1007/BF01220457. An observation on the degrees of projective representations of the symmetric and alternating group over an arbitrary field. Archiv der Mathematik. 29. 583–589. 1977. Wagner. Ascher. 120794659.
• 10.1007/BF03322937. The subgroups of PSL(5,2^a). Results in Mathematics. 1. 1–2. 207–226. 1978. Wagner. Ascher. 120709916.
• 10.1007/BF00152059. Collineation groups generated by homologies of order greater than 2. Geometriae Dedicata. 7. 4. 1978. Wagner. A.. 120165236.
• 10.1007/BF03322944. The irreducible subgroups of PSL(V₅,q), where q is odd. Results in Mathematics. 2. 1–2. 54–61. 1979. Di Martino. Lino. Wagner. Ascher. 120441757.
• 10.1007/BF00147439. Determination of the finite primitive reflection groups over an arbitrary field of characteristic not 2. Geometriae Dedicata. 9. 2. 1980. Wagner. Ascher. 122038455.
• 10.1007/BF01447423. Determination of the finite primitive reflection groups over an arbitrary field of characteristic not two. Geometriae Dedicata. 10. 1–4. 191–203. 1981. Wagner. Ascher. 189876932.
• 10.1007/BF01447440. Determination of the finite primitive reflection groups over an arbitrary field of characteristic not 2. Geometriae Dedicata. 10. 1–4. 475–523. 1981. Wagner. Ascher. 189877102.
• Book: 10.1007/978-94-009-8489-9_10. Theorems About Reidemeister Conditions. In: Plaumann P., Strambach K. (eds.) Geometry — von Staudt's Point of View.. NATO Advanced Study Institutes Series (Series C — Mathematical and Physical Sciences). 70. Springer. Dordrecht. 249–273. 1981. Wagner. Ascher. 978-94-009-8491-2.
• Book: Johnson, Norman L.. Kallaher, Michael J.. Long, Calvin T.. Wagner, Ascher. Some reflections on the history of the study of finite projective planes. In: Finite Geometries: Proceedings of a Conference in Honor of T. G. Ostrom. Lecture Notes in Pure and Applied Mathematics, vol. 82. 419–426. https://books.google.com/books?id=AyE-u8rid4IC&pg=PA419. 1983. CRC Press. 978-0-8247-1052-1.
• 10.1007/BF01194888. On finite permutation groups with the same orbits on unordered sets. Archiv der Mathematik. 45. 6. 492–500. 1985. Siemons. Johannes. Wagner. Ascher. 55745363.
• 10.1007/BF01224556. Regular sets on the projective line. Journal of Geometry. 27. 2. 188–194. 1986. Key. Jennifer D.. Jennifer Key. Siemons. Johannes. Wagner. Ascher. 121690146.

References

1. Dembowski, P. . Peter Dembowski . Wagner, A. . Some characterizations of finite projective spaces . Archiv der Mathematik . 11 . 1960 . 465–469 . 10.1007/BF01236976 . 0143095 . 122535748 .