Symmetry in finite generalized quadrangles /

In this monograph finite generalized quadrangles are classified by symmetry, generalizing the celebrated Lenz-Barlotti classification for projective planes. The book is self-contained and serves as introduction to the combinatorial, geometrical and group-theoretical concepts that arise in the classi...

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Main Author: Thas, Koen, 1977-
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Basel ; Boston : Birkhäuser, [2004]
Series:Frontiers in mathematics (Springer-Verlag)
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:In this monograph finite generalized quadrangles are classified by symmetry, generalizing the celebrated Lenz-Barlotti classification for projective planes. The book is self-contained and serves as introduction to the combinatorial, geometrical and group-theoretical concepts that arise in the classification and in the general theory of finite generalized quadrangles, including automorphism groups, elation and translation generalized quadrangles, generalized ovals and generalized ovoids, span-symmetric generalized quadrangles, flock geometry and property (G), regularity and nets, split BN-pairs of rank 1, and the Moufang property.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xxi, 214 pages) : illustrations.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages [193]-202) and index.
ISBN:9783764377977 (electronic bk.)
3764377976 (electronic bk.)
ISSN:1660-8046