On the foundations of polar geometry

DOI10.1007/BF00183207zbMath0286.50004MaRDI QIDQ1846106

Francis Buekenhout, Ernest E. Shult

Publication date: 1974

Published in: Geometriae Dedicata (Search for Journal in Brave)

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

05B25: Combinatorial aspects of finite geometries

51N99: Analytic and descriptive geometry

51A99: Linear incidence geometry

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