02151nam 22004215a 450 991015193350332120091109150325.03-03719-566-510.4171/066(CKB)3710000000953840(CH-001817-3)97-091109(PPN)178155594(EXLCZ)99371000000095384020091109j20090408 fy 0engurnn|mmmmamaatxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierFinite Generalized Quadrangles[electronic resource] Second Edition /Stanley E. Payne, Joseph A. ThasZuerich, Switzerland European Mathematical Society Publishing House20091 online resource (299 pages)EMS Series of Lectures in Mathematics (ELM) ;2523-5176Generalized quadrangles (GQ) were formally introduced by J. Tits in 1959 in order to describe geometric properties of simple groups of Lie type of rank 2. After its appearance in 1984, Finite Generalized Quadrangles (FGQ) quickly became the standard reference for finite GQ. It presents the whole story of the subject from the very beginning in a book of modest length. This second edition is essentially a reprint of the first edition. It is a careful rendering into LaTeX of the original, along with an appendix that introduces major new results pertaining to GQ, especially in those areas in which the authors of this work have made a contribution. The first edition has been out of print for many years, and the new edition makes again available this classical reference in the rapidly increasing field of finite geometries.Combinatorics & graph theorybicsscCombinatoricsmscGeometrymscCombinatorics & graph theoryCombinatoricsGeometry05-xx51-xxmscPayne Stanley E.140002Thas Joseph A.ch0018173BOOK9910151933503321Finite generalized quadrangles922511UNINA