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Projective spaces and inversive planes

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In this paper, a common characterization of the finite projective space of dimension four and order \(n\) and of a finite inversive plane of order \(n+1\) in terms of regular \((k,n)\) finite planar spaces is given.

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  1. Dipartimento di Matematica e Fisica, Seconda Università degli Studi di Napoli, Viale Lincoln 5, 81100 , Caserta, Italy

    Vito Napolitano

  2. Dipartimento di Matematica e Applicazioni “R. Caccioppoli”, Università degli Studi di Napoli, Via Cintia, Napoli, Italy

    Domenico Olanda

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Communicated by Salvatore Rionero.

This research was supported by G.N.S.A.G.A. of INdAM.

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Napolitano, V., Olanda, D. Projective spaces and inversive planes. Ricerche mat. 63 (Suppl 1), 239–247 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11587-014-0207-7

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