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

Combinatorial aspects of finite geometries (05B25) Analytic and descriptive geometry (51N99) Linear incidence geometry (51A99)

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