Embeddings of small generalized polygons

Finite Fields and their Applications

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 565-594

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

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Embeddings; Generalized hexagons; Generalized quadrangles; Projective spaces

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; THEOREM PROVING;

EMBEDDINGS; GENERALIZED HEXAGONS; GENERALIZED QUADRANGLES; PROJECTIVE SPACES;

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY;

EID: 33748764999     PISSN: 10715797     EISSN: 10902465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ffa.2005.06.006     Document Type: Article

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