A combinatorial characterization of some finite classical generalized hexagons
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instance of: scholarly article
title: A combinatorial characterization of some finite classical generalized hexagons
zbMATH Open document ID: 0889.51007
published in: Journal of Combinatorial Theory. Series A
publication date: 1998-06-22T00:00:00Z
review text: A combinatorial characterization of the Moufang hexagons is given in characteristic 2; and a common combinatorial characterization of the symplectic quadrangles over an arbitrary field and the classical hexagons over a field of characteristic 2 is given among all finite generalized polygons.
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 51E12
zbMATH DE Number: 1093108
zbMATH Keywords: generalized hexagons
zbMATH Keywords: generalized polygons
author: Eline Govaert
reviewed by: László A. Székely
MaRDI profile type: Publication
full work available at URL: jcta.1997.2807
OpenAlex ID: W1994063505
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DOI: 10.1006/JCTA.1997.2807
description: scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1093108