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Generalized quadrangles with valuation

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We show that the class of generalized quadranges with valuation (as defined in [13]) coincides with the class of the generalized quadrangles associated with the building at infinity of affine buildings of type \(\tilde C_2\) (up to duality).

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  1. Seminar of Geometry and Combinatorics, State University of Ghent, Krijgslaan 281, B-9000, Ghent, Belgium

    H. Van Maldeghem

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Dedicated to Prof. Dr J. Tits on the occasion of his sixtieth birthday

The author is Research Associate at the National Fund of Scientific Research (Belgium).

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Van Maldeghem, H. Generalized quadrangles with valuation. Geom Dedicata 35, 77–87 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00147340

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