Every flock generalized quadrangle has a hemisystem

Bulletin of the London Mathematical Society

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 795-810

  Bamberg, John ^a   Giudici, Michael ^a   Royle, Gordon F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

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EID: 77956928340     PISSN: 00246093     EISSN: 14692120     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1112/blms/bdq031     Document Type: Article

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