Generalized polygons

Author(s)

• Maldeghem, H. van

Bibliographic Information

Generalized polygons

Hendrik van Maldeghem

（Monographs in mathematics, v. 93）

Birkhäuser Verlag, c1998

• : sz
• : us

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [479]-496) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This text covers the theory of polygons from scratch and in a uniform way. It is also an account of research and suitable for both the student seeking an introduction to the subject and researchers who would use the volume as a reference.

Table of Contents

• Basic concepts and results
• classical polygons
• co-ordinatization and further examples
• homomorphisms and automorphism groups
• the Moufang condition
• characterizations
• ovoids, spreads and self-dual polygons
• projectivities and projective embeddings
• topological polygons.

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Details

• NCID: BA38487852
• ISBN:
  • 3764358645
  • 0817658645
• LCCN: 98037007
• Country Code: sz
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Basel ; Boston, Mass.
• Pages/Volumes: xv, 502 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : QA167.2
  • DC21 : 516/.13
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Generalized polygons
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA00044892