Elation and translation semipartial geometries (Q703694)

Semipartial geometries were introduced by \textit{I. Debroey} and \textit{J. A. Thas} [J. Comb. Theory, Ser. A 25, 242--250 (1978; Zbl 0399.05012)]. Such a geometry is a linear space of order \((s, t)\) admitting parameters \(\alpha\) and \(\mu\) such that for any non-incident point-line pair \((x, L)\) there are \(0\) or \(\alpha> 0\) points collinear with \(x\) and incident with \(L\). Moreover, if two points are not collinear, then there are \(\mu> 0\) points collinear with both. The author develops a theory of elation and translation semipartial geometries based on ideas on elation and translation generalized quadrangles given in \textit{W. M. Kantor} [Bull. Bel. Math. Soc. - Simon Stevin 12, No. 1, 137--139 (2005; Zbl 1079.51002)]. It is possible to construct a semipartial geometry as a coset geometry in a not necessarily abelian group \(G\) admitting a certain collection of subgroups satisfying some extra conditions. In the case that the group is abelian the theory of these geometries is in fact almost equivalent to the study of so-called SPG-reguli in projectice spaces.