Compact ovoids in quadrangles. II: The classical quadrangles

DOI10.1023/A:1005203319181MaRDI QIDQ1972301zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Linus Kramer

Publication date 26 April 2000

Published in Geometriae Dedicata (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1005203319181

zbMATH Keywords

generalized quadrangleovoidsspreads

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Generalized quadrangles and generalized polygons in finite geometry (51E12) Topological linear incidence structures (51H10)

Review text

This is a direct continuation of part I [\textit{L. Kramer} and \textit{H. van Maldeghem}, Geom. Dedicata 78, No. 3, 279-300 (1999; Zbl 0942.51007)]. The author decides which of the classical compact connected quadrangles contain closed ovoids (or dually, closed spreads). In most cases, the existence of a closed ovoid implies that the point set can be partitioned into closed ovoids. The non-existence results use algebraic topology, viz. results on sections for Stiefel manifolds. Some of the spreads constructed appear to be new.

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