Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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4654421 | European Journal of Combinatorics | 2007 | 23 Pages |
Abstract
We give a characterization of the root shadow spaces of buildings whose types correspond to Dynkin diagrams. The results generalize earlier geometric point–line characterizations of certain spherical buildings as well as Timmesfeld’s characterization of abstract root subgroups.
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Mathematics
Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics
Authors
Arjeh M. Cohen, Gábor Ivanyos,