Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
4654421 European Journal of Combinatorics 2007 23 Pages PDF
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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Physical Sciences and Engineering Mathematics Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics
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