Flat lax and weak lax embeddings of finite generalized hexagons

European Journal of Combinatorics

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 733-751

  Thas, J A ^b   Van Maldeghem, H ^a,b  

^a Dept of Fund for Sci Research ^*  (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

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EID: 0032348610     PISSN: 01956698     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/eujc.1998.0240     Document Type: Article

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