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A complex polytope as generalized quadrangle

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 November 2011

S. G. Hoggar
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QW

Synopsis

We show that the classical generalized quadrangle W(3) is modelled by a complex polytope, and give an explicit embedding in PG(3, 3)

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1983

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