On the simple connectedness of certain subsets of buildings

DOI10.1515/FORUM.2007.037zbMath1188.51003MaRDI QIDQ5443576

Alice Devillers, Bernhard Mühlherr

Publication date: 21 February 2008

Published in: Forum Mathematicum (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

filtration; chamber system; twin building; building; simply connected

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

20G40: Linear algebraic groups over finite fields

51E24: Buildings and the geometry of diagrams

20E42: Groups with a (BN)-pair; buildings

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