Epimorphisms of partial geometries onto generalized quadrangles (Q1124114)
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Epimorphisms of partial geometries onto generalized quadrangles (English)
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1989
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It is well known that a homomorphism from a finite projective plane onto another must be an isomorphism unless it is trivial. (There is only one image point.) A generalized quadrangle is a kind of ``partial geometry''. The authors prove that there is no proper epimorphism from a partial geometry onto a generalized quadrangle.
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generalized quadrangle
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partial geometry
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epimorphism
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