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In this paper we find the set of integers for which there exists a linear space having all lines of degree four with the property that the set of lines can be partitioned into the classical configurations: complete quadrilaterals, triangles and 4-gons.
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Billington, E.J., Rodger, C.A. Partitioning linear spaces into complete quadrilaterals andN-gons. J Geom 51, 13–21 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01226852
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01226852