Characterizing the half-spin geometries by a class of singular subspaces (Q2471479)

Let \(\Gamma=({\mathcal P},{\mathcal L})\) be a parapolar space of symplectic rank at least three, possessing a family \(\mathcal M\) of maximal singular subspaces of finite projective rank such that (i) every line \(L\in\mathcal L\) lies in a member of \(\mathcal M\), and (ii) there exists a positive integer \(d\) such that, for all non-incident pairs \((p,M)\in{\mathcal P}\times{\mathcal M}\), the set \(p^{\perp}\cap M\) is either empty or is a projective space of dimension \(d\). In case \(d = 1\), assume also that at least one line lies in at least two members of \(\mathcal M\). Then \(\Gamma\) is one of the following: (1) \(d=1\) and \(\Gamma\) is either a rank three polar space or is the Grassmannian whose points are the \(k\)-spaces (with \(k\geq 1\)) of a (possibly infinite dimensional) vector space \(V\); (2) \(d=2\) and \(\Gamma\) is either a polar space of polar rank four, or \(\Gamma\) is an appropriate homomorphic image of a classical half-spin geometry \(D_{n,n}(F)\) for some field \(F\); (3) \(d\geq 3\) and \(\Gamma\) is a polar space of rank \(d+2\). The case \(d=1\) has been dealt with earlier, in the author's [Adv. Geom. 3, No. 3, 227--250 (2003; Zbl 1040.51003)].