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Record Nr.

UNINA9910464235103321

Autore

Pankov Mark

Titolo

Grassmannians of classical building [[electronic resource] /] / Mark Pankov

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore ; ; Hackensack, N.J., : World Scientific Pub. Co., 2010

ISBN

1-283-14486-7

9786613144867

981-4317-57-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (230 p.)

Collana

Algebra and discrete mathematics, , 1793-5873 ; ; v.2

Disciplina

514.34

Soggetti

Grassmann manifolds

Buildings (Group theory)

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preface; Contents; 0. Introduction; 1. Linear Algebra and Projective Geometry; 2. Buildings and Grassmannians; 3. Classical Grassmannians; 4. Polar and Half-Spin Grassmannians; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Buildings are combinatorial constructions successfully exploited to study groups of various types. The vertex set of a building can be naturally decomposed into subsets called Grassmannians. The book contains both classical and more recent results on Grassmannians of buildings of classical types. It gives a modern interpretation of some classical results from the geometry of linear groups. The presented methods are applied to some geometric constructions non-related to buildings - Grassmannians of infinite-dimensional vector spaces and the sets of conjugate linear involutions. The book is self