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R.J. Blok¹ , I. Cardinali² , B. De Bruyn² and A. Pasini⁴

¹Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH 43403, USA
²Department of Pure Mathematics and Computer Algebra, Ghent University, Krijgslaan 281 (S22), 9000 Gent, Belgium

Let Γ  be the dual of a classical polar space and let e be a projective embedding of Γ , defined over a commutative division ring. We shall prove that, if e is homogeneous, then it is polarized.

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