Flag-Homogeneous Compact Connected Polygons II

Geometriae Dedicata

Volumn 83, Issue 1-3, 2000, Pages 1-29

  Grundhofer T ^a   Knarr, N ^b   Kramer, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Generalized quadrangle; Moufang polygon

Indexed keywords

EID: 17944388479     PISSN: 00465755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1005287430579     Document Type: Article

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