The dual of a chain geometry (Q1601369)

A chain geometry \(\Sigma(K,R)\) is based upon a proper subfield \(K\) of a ring \(R\) and the left \(R\)-module \(R^2\). The dual chain geometry \(\widehat\Sigma (K,R)\) is defined via the dual module of \(R^2\) and is the same as the chain geometry \(\Sigma (K^\circ, R^\circ)\) where \(\circ\) denotes the usual opposite: \(a\circ b=ba\). Each chain geometry is canonically isomorphic to its dual. The main theorem in this paper states that two chain geometries \(\Sigma(K,R)\) and \(\Sigma (K',R')\) are isomorphic if there is an anti-isomorphism \(R\to R'\) that takes \(K\) onto a subfield of \(R'\) which is conjugate to \(K'\).