Generalized projective geometries: General theory and equivalence with Jordan structures

Advances in Geometry

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 329-369

  Bertram, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ HENRI POINCARÉ NANCY 1   (France)

Author keywords

Jordan pair; Jordan triple system; Polar geometry; Protective geometry; Symmetric space

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347326209     PISSN: 1615715X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/advg.2002.016     Document Type: Article

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