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THEOREM. Let K be a division Cayley algebra over a field k, and let nK : K → k be the quadratic norm form of this algebra. Then, there exists one and, up to isomorphism, only one polar space of rank 3 whose planes are projective planes over K. The cones of this space (7.2.6) are isomorphic to the dual of the polar space associated with the quadratic form K × k4 → k defined by
where x0 ∈ K and xi ∈ k for i = 1, 2, 3, 4.
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(1974). Buildings of type Cn. III. Non-embeddable polar spaces. In: Buildings of Spherical Type and Finite BN-Pairs. Lecture Notes in Mathematics, vol 386. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-38349-9_9
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