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Two characterizations of the family of secant lines of an ovoid of PG(3, \({\varvec{q}}\))

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Two new characterizations of the family of secant lines to an ovoid of \(\mathrm {PG}(3, q)\) are given.

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Napolitano, V. Two characterizations of the family of secant lines of an ovoid of PG(3, \({\varvec{q}}\)). J. Geom. 110, 21 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00022-019-0478-y

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