Moufang Polygons (Paperback, Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2002)

This book gives the complete classification of Moufang polygons, starting from first principles. In particular, it may serve as an introduction to the various important algebraic concepts which arise in this classification including alternative division rings, quadratic Jordan division algebras of degree three, pseudo-quadratic forms, BN-pairs and norm splittings of quadratic forms. This book also contains a new proof of the classification of irreducible spherical buildings of rank at least three based on the observation that all the irreducible rank two residues of such a building are Moufang polygons. In an appendix, the connection between spherical buildings and algebraic groups is recalled.

General

Imprint:	Springer-Verlag
Country of origin:	Germany
Series:	Springer Monographs in Mathematics
Release date:	December 2010
First published:	2002
Authors:	Jacques Tits • Richard M. Weiss
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 28mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	535
Edition:	Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2002
ISBN-13:	978-3-642-07833-0
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Mathematics > Combinatorics & graph theory Books > Science & Mathematics > Mathematics > Algebra > Groups & group theory Books > Science & Mathematics > Mathematics > Geometry > Algebraic geometry
LSN:	3-642-07833-8
Barcode:	9783642078330

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