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We classify finite flag-transitive geometries of rank n≥4 belonging to the following diagram
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Cuypers, H., Pasini, A. Finite Flag-Transitive A n−2.L* .L Geometries. Journal of Algebraic Combinatorics 5, 105–116 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1022460916899
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