Imbrex geometries (Q406577)

The authors take the following which arises naturally in the framework of Hjelmslev geometries as an axiom: Let \(x\) be a point not neighboring points \(y_1,y_2\). Then there are unique lines \(L_i\) joining \(x\) and \(y_i\), \(i=1,2\), and \(L_1\) is a neighbor of \(L_2\). They characterize the Hjelmslev-Moufang plane and its relatives (line Grassmannians, certain half-spin geometries and Segre geometries). They provide a more general framework for a lemma of Cohen from the study of parapolar spaces. They provide a common characterization of projections of Segre varieties, line Grassmann varieties, half spin varieties of low rank and the exceptional variety \(E_{6,1}\) by means of a local condition on tangent spaces, when the geometries are embedded in a projective space.