{"product_id":"the-structure-of-spherical-buildings-richard-m-weiss-9780691117331","title":"The Structure of Spherical Buildings","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book provides a clear and authoritative introduction to the theory of buildings, a topic of central importance to mathematicians interested in the geometric aspects of group theory. Its detailed presentation makes it suitable for graduate students as well as specialists. Richard Weiss begins with an introduction to Coxeter groups and goes on to present basic properties of arbitrary buildings before specializing to the spherical case. Buildings are described throughout in the language of graph theory. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Structure of Spherical Buildings\u003c\/i\u003e includes a reworking of the proof of Jacques Tits's Theorem 4.1.2. upon which Tits's classification of thick irreducible spherical buildings of rank at least three is based. In fact, this is the first book to include a proof of this famous result since its original publication. Theorem 4.1.2 is followed by a systematic study of the structure of spherical buildings and their automorphism groups based on the Moufang property. Moufang buildings of rank two were recently classified by Tits and Weiss. The last chapter provides an overview of the classification of spherical buildings, one that reflects these and other important developments.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Richard M. Weiss\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0691117330\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780691117331\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/25\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.86lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.64h x 6.20w x 0.69d","brand":"Richard M. Weiss","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48086765666559,"sku":"9780691117331","price":93.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a01883d9-916a-4773-93f1-d6ce151525c4.jpg?v=1769096447","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-structure-of-spherical-buildings-richard-m-weiss-9780691117331","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}