Related to Classical Groups and Buildings
by
Francis Buekenhout, Arjeh M. Cohen
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2013
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 motivated...