A characterization of linear spaces based on the number of transversals

Geometriae Dedicata - Tập 54 - Trang 255-261 - 1995
Albrecht Beutelspacher1, Paola de Vito2, Pia Maria Lo Re2
1Mathematisches Institut, Giessen, Germany
2Dip. Matematica e Applicazioni ‘R. Caccioppoli’, Complesso Monte S. Angelo, Napoli, Italy

Tóm tắt

We characterize a class of linear spaces by the property that through any point outside two disjoint, but non-parallel lines there is at most one transversal.

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