Compatible spreads of symmetry in near polygons (Q2494267)

The author develops his own studies of near polygons. A spread of symmetry of a near polygon is a set of lines partitioning the point set and satisfying a certain property (explicit definitions are available in Section 1). These special spreads of a near polygon give rise to new near polygons, called glued near polygons. Again these structures are provided with spreads of symmetry (see Th. 4.7) and hence produce other near polygons. Also the case of the product near polygons is investigated; unfortunately it does not lead to further near polygons. Section 5 is devoted to an overview of the known spreads of symmetry in various types of near polygons.