Linearity for translation generalized quadrangles

Let Γx\Gamma^x be an infinite translation generalized quadrangle with translation group TT. Let zz be an affine point, meaning a point not collinear with xx, and let {U}z\{U\}_z be the set of lines incident with zz. For each such line VV, put v:=projVxv:=\operatorname{proj}_V x. Define K\mathbb{K} to be the set of endomorphisms of TT that map every TVT_V into itself. Then K\mathbb{K} is a ring with multiplicative identity and without zero divisors, and TT, TVT_V, and TvT_v are left K\mathbb{K}-modules. Linearity for TGQs. The ring K\mathbb{K} is a skew field. This would provide the expected linearity result for infinite translation generalized quadrangles, analogous to the finite case, where the corresponding embedding in projective space over a skew field is known.

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Koen Thas, “An obstruction relating locally finite polygons to translation quadrangles”, arXiv:1406.6583 (2014).

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