Points and lines. Characterizing the classical geometries

DOI10.1007/978-3-642-15627-4zbMath1213.51001WikidataQ56020932 ScholiaQ56020932MaRDI QIDQ710341

Ernest E. Shult

Publication date: 19 October 2010

Published in: Universitext (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-15627-4

zbMATH Keywords

projective space; projective plane; point-line geometry; Lie incidence geometry; building; classical geometry; Grassmann space: parapolar space

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

51E24: Buildings and the geometry of diagrams

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

51-01: Introductory exposition (textbooks, tutorial papers, etc.) pertaining to geometry

51N30: Geometry of classical groups

51-02: Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to geometry

51Axx: Linear incidence geometry

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