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In a topological antiregular quadrangle whose point rows and line pencils are manifolds, the set of points collinear with three mutually noncollinear points depends continuously on the given points. This implies that the derivation of such a quadrangle yields a topological Laguerre plane.
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Schroth, A.E. Topological Antiregular Quadrangles. Results. Math. 24, 180–189 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03322328
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