Diagram Geometry Related to Classical Groups and Buildings /

This book provides a self-contained introduction to diagram geometry.� Tight connections with group theory are shown. It treats thin geometries (related to Coxeter groups) and thick buildings from a diagrammatic perspective. Projective and affine geometry are main examples.� Polar geometry is motiva...

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Main Authors: Buekenhout, Francis. (Author), Cohen, Arjeh M. (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
Series:Ergebnisse der Mathematik und ihrer Grenzgebiete. 3. Folge / A Series of Modern Surveys in Mathematics, 57
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Online Access:https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-34453-4
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505 0 # |a 1. Geometries -- 2. Diagrams -- 3. Chamber Systems -- 4. Thin Geometries -- 5. Linear Geometries -- 6. Projective and Affine Spaces -- 7. Polar Spaces -- 8. Projective Embeddings of Polar Spaces -- 9. Embedding Polar Spaces in Absolutes -- 10. Classical Polar Spaces -- 11. Buildings -- Bibliography -- Index. 
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