Generalized quadrangle
Definition
Let and be integers. A generalized quadrangle of order is an incidence structure of points and lines such that:
- each point lies on exactly lines, and two distinct points lie on at most one common line;
- each line contains exactly points, and two distinct lines meet in at most one common point;
- if a point is not on a line , exactly one line through meets .
Remarks
Counting gives points and lines. A generalized quadrangle is the same as a generalized polygon with . The finite polar spaces of rank are generalized quadrangles.
Example: the grid, with the rows and columns as lines, has order . Clauses 1 and 2 are clear. For clause 3, let be off the row . The column through meets in one point , and the row through is disjoint from , so exactly one line through meets . The same check works with rows and columns exchanged.
Non-example: in a projective plane of order , every line through a point off meets , so lines through meet and clause 3 fails.
The symplectic quadrangle , formed by the points of and the totally isotropic lines of a symplectic form, has order .
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| Tag | J8STHVJGDS |
|---|---|
| URI | m2://J8STHVJGDS |
| Kind | definition |
| Writing | W0 stub |
| MSC | 51E12, 05B25 |
| Defines | Generalized quadrangle |
| Uses | Incidence structure, Generalized polygon, Polar space |
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