# A simplified characterization of an open m-arrangement

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ROCZNIKI POLSKIEGO TOWARZYSTWA MATEMATYCZNEGO Seria I: PRACE MATEMATYCZNE X II (1969)

ANNALES SOCIETATIS MATHEMATICAE POLONAE Series I: COMMENTATIONES MATHEMATICAE X II (1969)

## P roposition 1. Each flat is closed.

### P r o o f . Prom (ii), any (m — l)-fla t is closed. Any г-flat, 0 < i < m — 2, is the intersection of finitely many (m — l)-flats and hence is closed. Of course X and 0 are also closed.

1 — Prace matematyczne X II

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## P roposition 8. I f x, у and z are points of a 1-flat f, then \xy\ w \yz\

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## Proposition11. a) F r Y = В ( Y ) = Bd(7(\$) (3.8).

### satisfy 3.1-3.9, hence X and G form an m-arrangement.

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## Proposition12. I f 8 — {ж0, ..., xm} is a linearly independent subset of X , let A i be that component of X —f ( 8 — {xi}) which contains

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### Open m-arrangement

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R e fe re n c e s

### [1] M. G e m ig n a n i,

Topological geometries and a new characterization of B m,

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On eliminating an unwanted axiom from the characterisation of B m by means of topological geometries,

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