Some constructions and embeddings of the tilde geometry

Note di Matematica

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 1-33

  Pasini, Antonio ^a   Maldeghem, Hendrik Van ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Diagram geometry; Generalized quadrangle; Tilde geometry; Triple cover; Universal embedding

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745831734     PISSN: 11232536     EISSN: 15900932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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