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Buildings [electronic resource] : Theory and Applications / by Peter Abramenko, Kenneth S. Brown.

Abramenko, Peter. (author.). Brown, Kenneth S. (author.). SpringerLink (Online service) (Added Author).

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  • ISBN: 9780387788357
  • Physical Description: XXII, 754p. 100 illus. online resource.
  • Publisher: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2008.
Subject: Mathematics.
Geometry, algebraic.
Group theory.
Topological Groups.
Mathematics.
Group Theory and Generalizations.
Algebraic Geometry.
Topological Groups, Lie Groups.

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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
Cell complexes
Root systems
Algebraic groups.

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