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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

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Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Mathematics (LNM, volume 1181)

Part of the book sub series: C.I.M.E. Foundation Subseries (LNMCIME)

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Table of contents (8 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-VII
  2. The geometry of the finite simple groups

    • Francis Buekenhout
    Pages 1-78
  3. Generalized polygons, SCABs and GABs

    • William M. Kantor
    Pages 79-158
  4. Immeubles de Type Affine

    • Jacques Tits
    Pages 159-190
  5. Point-line characterizations of buildings

    • Arjeh M. Cohen
    Pages 191-206
  6. Tits chamber systems and finite group theory

    • F. G. Timmesfeld
    Pages 249-269
  7. Back Matter

    Pages 270-279

Editors and Affiliations

  • Istituto Matematico “U.DINI”, Università di Firenze, Firenze, Italy

    Luigi A. Rosati

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Buildings and the Geometry of Diagrams

  • Book Subtitle: 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

  • Editors: Luigi A. Rosati

  • Series Title: Lecture Notes in Mathematics

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0075511

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1986

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-540-16466-1Published: 01 April 1986

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-39801-1Published: 14 November 2006

  • Series ISSN: 0075-8434

  • Series E-ISSN: 1617-9692

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 282

  • Topics: Algebra, Geometry

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