Buildings: Theory and Applications

by Peter Abramenko and Kenneth S. Brown

Preface.- Introduction.- Finite Reflection Groups.- Coxeter Groups.- Coxeter Complexes.- Buildings as Chamber Complexes.- Buildings as W-Metric Spaces.- Buildings and Groups.- Root Groups and the Moufang Property.- Moufang Twin Buildings and RGD-Systems.- The Classification of Spherical Buildings.- Euclidean and Hyperbolic Reflection Groups.- Euclidean Buildings.- Buildings as Metric Spaces.- Applications to the Cohomology of Groups.- Other Applications.-...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1441927018
• ISBN13: 9781441927019
• Release Date: November 2010
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 754 Pages
• Weight: 2.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"