Local characterizations of polar spaces
type: Item
instance of: scholarly article
title: Local characterizations of polar spaces
zbMATH Open document ID: 0662.51005
DOI: 10.1007/BF00147447
author: S. H. Smith
published in: Geometriae Dedicata
publication date: 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
review text: From authors introduction: ``F. Buekenhout showed that any gamma space which is locally a polar space, which has diameter 2, and which satisfies a non-degeneracy condition, is either a polar space or a near quadrangle [see \textit{F. Buekenhout}, Simon Stevin 53, 3-7 (1979; Zbl 0399.51010)]. The purpose of this paper is to classify locally polar gamma spaces without any assumption on diameter or non-degeneracy''.
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 51E20
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 51D20
zbMATH DE Number: 4082390
zbMATH Keywords: graph
zbMATH Keywords: generalized quadrangle
zbMATH Keywords: polar space
reviewed by: Giorgio Faina
MaRDI profile type: Publication
full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00147447
OpenAlex ID: W1989301158
description: scientific article; zbMATH DE number 4082390