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We give a combinatorial characterization of the Klein quadric in terms of its incidence structure of points and lines. As an application, we obtain a combinatorial proof of a result of Havlicek.
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In memoriam Giuseppe Tallini
Work supported by National Research Project “ Strutture Geometriche, Combinatoria e loro applicazioni ” of the Italian “ Ministere dell'Università e della Ricerca Scientifica ” and by “ G.N.S.A.G.A. ” of “ C.N.R. ”
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Dentice, E.F., Lo Re, P.M. & Melone, N. A combinatorial characterization of the Klein quadric. J Geom 57, 106–113 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01229255
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