A common characterization of the projective spaces \(\mathrm{PG}(4, n)\) and \(\mathrm{PG}(5, n)\) (Q2441410)

In this article, the authors show that a finite irreducible \((k,n)\)-regular planar space is \(\mathrm{PG}(4,n)\) or \(\mathrm{PG}(5,n)\) if and only if it satisfies property\( (i)\) or property (ii): Property (i): Let \(l\) be a line and \(\pi \) be a plane such that \(l\cap \pi =\phi \). If \(p\) is a point outside \(l\cup \phi \) then there exists an unique line intersecting both \(l\) and \(\pi .\) Property (ii): Let \(\pi \) and \(\pi ^{\prime }\) be two disjoint planes. If \(p \) is a point not in \(\pi \cup \pi ^{\prime }\) then there exists a unique line intersecting both \(\pi \) and \(\pi ^{\prime }.\)