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We prove that a compact, connected submanifold of the point space of a smooth projective plane is homeomorphic to a sphere provided that certain intersection properties with lines are satisfied. As an application, we show that the set of absolute points of a smooth polarity in a smooth projective plane of dimension 2l is empty or homeomorphic to a sphere of dimension 2l - 1 or \( \frac {3}{2}\, l - 1 \) .
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Received: 13 September 2002
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Immervoll, S. The homeomorphism type of unital-like submanifolds in smooth projective planes. Arch. Math. 81, 704–709 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00013-003-4750-9
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00013-003-4750-9