Shadows
Let \(\Gamma(X,\sim,t,I)\) be an incidence geometry. Let \(J\) be a subset of \(I\) and let \(F\) be a flag of \(\Gamma\) such that \(t(F) \cap J = \emptyset\). The \(J\)-shadow of the flag \(F\), denoted by \(\sigma_J(F)\), is the set of flags of type \(J\) in the residue of the flag \(F\).