On flips of unitary buildings I: Classification of flips

DOI10.1515/advgeom.2011.044zbMath1256.51004arXiv1012.2301OpenAlexW2962921012MaRDI QIDQ2891072

Rieuwert J. Blok, Benjamin Carr

Publication date: 13 June 2012

Published in: Advances in Geometry (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1012.2301

zbMATH Keywords

incidence geometrybuildingsflipsPhan involution

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Polar geometry, symplectic spaces, orthogonal spaces (51A50) Other finite linear geometries (51E26)

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