Points and lines. Characterizing the classical geometries

DOI10.1007/978-3-642-15627-4zbMath1213.51001OpenAlexW2477359250WikidataQ56020932 ScholiaQ56020932MaRDI QIDQ710341

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

Buildings and the geometry of diagrams (51E24) Groups with a (BN)-pair; buildings (20E42) Introductory exposition (textbooks, tutorial papers, etc.) pertaining to geometry (51-01) Geometry of classical groups (51N30) Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to geometry (51-02) Linear incidence geometry (51Axx)

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