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On a Class of c.F 4-Geometries

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Buildings, Finite Geometries and Groups

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This paper is a survey of the work done by a number of authors on the classification of flag-transitive geometries with diagram and orders as below:

MSC 2000: 51E24, 20D28, 20E42.

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  1. Department of Mathematics, University of Siena, Pian dei Mantellini 44, 53100, Siena, Italy

    Antonio Pasini

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Pasini, A. (2012). On a Class of c.F 4-Geometries. In: Sastry, N. (eds) Buildings, Finite Geometries and Groups. Springer Proceedings in Mathematics, vol 10. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-0709-6_10

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