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The affine chain geometry over a group with a partial fibration into subgroups and a certain involution is introduced. This concept generalizes the affine trace of the chain geometry over an associative algebra. We study the geometric properties of these geometries and give examples.
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Dedicated to Professor Helmut Mäurer on the occasion of his 60th birthday
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Blunck, A. Generalized affine chain geometries. J Geom 56, 9–17 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01222678
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