SPG-reguli satisfying the polar property and a new semipartial geometry

Designs, Codes, and Cryptography

Volumn 32, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 153-166

  De Winter, S ^a   Thas, J A ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Semipartial geometry; SPG regulus; Unital

Indexed keywords

ALGEBRA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STRUCTURED PROGRAMMING; THEOREM PROVING;

POLYGONS; SEMIPARTIAL GEOMETRY; SPG-REGULUS; UNITAL;

GEOMETRY;

EID: 3543066341     PISSN: 09251022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:DESI.0000029219.90058.3a     Document Type: Conference Paper

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