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Kantor, W.M. (1986). Generalized polygons, SCABs and GABs. In: Rosati, L.A. (eds) Buildings and the Geometry of Diagrams. Lecture Notes in Mathematics, vol 1181. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0075513
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