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It is shown that a partial flock of a quadratic cone in PG(3,q) which properly contains a linear subflock of at least (q−1)/2 conics may be uniquely extended to a linear or Fisher flock.
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Dedicated to Professor T. G. Ostrom, on the occasion of his eightieth birthday
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Johnson, N.L. Extending partial flocks containing linear subflocks. J Geom 55, 99–106 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01223036
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01223036