Tits Polygons

Tits Polygons

Author: Bernhard Mühlherr

Publisher: American Mathematical Society

Published: 2022-02-02

Total Pages: 114

ISBN-13: 1470451018

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Generalized Polygons

Generalized Polygons

Author: Hendrik Van Maldeghem

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2012-01-05

Total Pages: 510

ISBN-13: 3034802706

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Generalized Polygons is the first book to cover, in a coherent manner, the theory of polygons from scratch. In particular, it fills elementary gaps in the literature and gives an up-to-date account of current research in this area, including most proofs, which are often unified and streamlined in comparison to the versions generally known. Generalized Polygons will be welcomed both by the student seeking an introduction to the subject as well as the researcher who will value the work as a reference. In particular, it will be of great value for specialists working in the field of generalized polygons (which are, incidentally, the rank 2 Tits-buildings) or in fields directly related to Tits-buildings, incidence geometry and finite geometry. The approach taken in the book is of geometric nature, but algebraic results are included and proven (in a geometric way!). A noteworthy feature is that the book unifies and generalizes notions, definitions and results that exist for quadrangles, hexagons, octagons - in the literature very often considered separately - to polygons. Many alternative viewpoints given in the book heighten the sense of beauty of the subject and help to provide further insight into the matter.​


An Algebraic Structure for Moufang Quadrangles

An Algebraic Structure for Moufang Quadrangles

Author: Tom de Medts

Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 114

ISBN-13: 0821836080

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Features an article that intends to present a uniform algebraic structure for Moufang quadrangles, and to classify these structures without referring back to the original Moufang quadrangles from which they arise, thereby also giving a new proof for the classification of Moufang quadrangles, which does consist of the division into these 2 parts.


Finite Groups 2003

Finite Groups 2003

Author: Chat-Yin Ho

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 436

ISBN-13: 3110174472

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The series is aimed specifically at publishing peer reviewed reviews and contributions presented at workshops and conferences. Each volume is associated with a particular conference, symposium or workshop. These events cover various topics within pure and applied mathematics and provide up-to-date coverage of new developments, methods and applications.


Lectures on Buildings

Lectures on Buildings

Author: Mark Ronan

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Published: 2009-10-15

Total Pages: 244

ISBN-13: 0226724999

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In mathematics, “buildings” are geometric structures that represent groups of Lie type over an arbitrary field. This concept is critical to physicists and mathematicians working in discrete mathematics, simple groups, and algebraic group theory, to name just a few areas. Almost twenty years after its original publication, Mark Ronan’s Lectures on Buildings remains one of the best introductory texts on the subject. A thorough, concise introduction to mathematical buildings, it contains problem sets and an excellent bibliography that will prove invaluable to students new to the field. Lectures on Buildings will find a grateful audience among those doing research or teaching courses on Lie-type groups, on finite groups, or on discrete groups. “Ronan’s account of the classification of affine buildings [is] both interesting and stimulating, and his book is highly recommended to those who already have some knowledge and enthusiasm for the theory of buildings.”—Bulletin of the London Mathematical Society


Surveys in Combinatorics 2011

Surveys in Combinatorics 2011

Author: Robin Chapman

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2011-06-23

Total Pages: 447

ISBN-13: 1139503685

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This volume contains articles based on the invited lectures given at the 23rd British Combinatorial Conference, held in July 2011 at the University of Exeter. Each article surveys an area of current research in combinatorial mathematics and will be invaluable to anyone wishing to keep abreast of modern developments.


The Abel Prize 2008-2012

The Abel Prize 2008-2012

Author: Helge Holden

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2014-01-21

Total Pages: 561

ISBN-13: 3642394493

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Covering the years 2008-2012, this book profiles the life and work of recent winners of the Abel Prize: · John G. Thompson and Jacques Tits, 2008 · Mikhail Gromov, 2009 · John T. Tate Jr., 2010 · John W. Milnor, 2011 · Endre Szemerédi, 2012. The profiles feature autobiographical information as well as a description of each mathematician's work. In addition, each profile contains a complete bibliography, a curriculum vitae, as well as photos — old and new. As an added feature, interviews with the Laureates are presented on an accompanying web site (http://extras.springer.com/). The book also presents a history of the Abel Prize written by the historian Kim Helsvig, and includes a facsimile of a letter from Niels Henrik Abel, which is transcribed, translated into English, and placed into historical perspective by Christian Skau. This book follows on The Abel Prize: 2003-2007, The First Five Years (Springer, 2010), which profiles the work of the first Abel Prize winners.


The Structure of Spherical Buildings

The Structure of Spherical Buildings

Author: Richard M. Weiss

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Published: 2020-07-21

Total Pages: 154

ISBN-13: 0691216045

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This book provides a clear and authoritative introduction to the theory of buildings, a topic of central importance to mathematicians interested in the geometric aspects of group theory. Its detailed presentation makes it suitable for graduate students as well as specialists. Richard Weiss begins with an introduction to Coxeter groups and goes on to present basic properties of arbitrary buildings before specializing to the spherical case. Buildings are described throughout in the language of graph theory. The Structure of Spherical Buildings includes a reworking of the proof of Jacques Tits's Theorem 4.1.2. upon which Tits's classification of thick irreducible spherical buildings of rank at least three is based. In fact, this is the first book to include a proof of this famous result since its original publication. Theorem 4.1.2 is followed by a systematic study of the structure of spherical buildings and their automorphism groups based on the Moufang property. Moufang buildings of rank two were recently classified by Tits and Weiss. The last chapter provides an overview of the classification of spherical buildings, one that reflects these and other important developments.


It From Bit or Bit From It?

It From Bit or Bit From It?

Author: Anthony Aguirre

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2015-02-03

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13: 3319129465

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The essays in this book look at the question of whether physics can be based on information, or – as John Wheeler phrased it – whether we can get “It from Bit”. They are based on the prize-winning essays submitted to the FQXi essay competition of the same name, which drew over 180 entries. The eighteen contributions address topics as diverse as quantum foundations, entropy conservation, nonlinear logic and countable spacetime. Together they provide stimulating reading for all physics aficionados interested in the possible role(s) of information in the laws of nature. The Foundational Questions Institute, FQXi, catalyzes, supports, and disseminates research on questions at the foundations of physics and cosmology, particularly new frontiers and innovative ideas integral to a deep understanding of reality, but unlikely to be supported by conventional funding sources.