Finite linear spaces with \(p^ 2+p+1\) mutually intersecting long lines (Q1191607)

A linear space \(L=({\mathcal P},{\mathcal L})\) is a system of points \(\mathcal P\) and lines \(\mathcal L\) such that any line has at least two points, and two distinct points are on precisely one line. The author considers linear spaces with a finite number of points and lines. For a line \(\ell\), \(v(\ell)\) will be the number of points on \(\ell\). A long line is a line \(\ell\) such that \(v(\ell)=\max\{v(\ell): \ell\in{\mathcal L}\). In this paper a class of finite linear spaces with \(p^ 2+p+1\) mutually intersecting long lines is characterized.