Buildings and the Geometry of Diagrams - Lectures given at the 3rd 1984 Session of the Centro Inter- nazionale Matematico Estivo (C.I.M.E.) held at Como, Italy, August 26 - September 4, 1984

List of contents

The geometry of the finite simple groups.- Generalized polygons, SCABs and GABs.- Immeubles de Type Affine.- Point-line characterizations of buildings.- Constructions of chamber systems of type M with transitive automorphism group.- Covers of finite geometries with non-spherical minimal circuit diagram.- A construction of buildings with no rank 3 residues of spherical type.- Tits chamber systems and finite group theory.

Product details

• Assisted by: Luigi A. Rosati (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.06.2009
• EAN: 9783540164661
• ISBN: 978-3-540-16466-1
• No. of pages: 282
• Dimensions: 176 mm x 236 mm x 16 mm
• Weight: 474 g
• Illustrations: X, 282 p.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Mathematics; C.I.M.E. Foundation Subseries; Lecture Notes in Mathematics, Volume 1181; Lecture Notes in Mathematics; C.I.M.E. Foundation Subseries
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Mathematics > Arithmetic, algebra