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Moufang affine buildings have Moufang spherical buildings at infinity

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 May 2009

H. van Maldeghem  and
K. van Steen
H. van Maldeghem
Affiliation:
Department of Pure Mathematics and Computer Algebra, University of Ghent, Galglaan 2, B-3000 Gent, Belgium
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Abstract

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We show in a direct and elementary way that the spherical building at infinity of every rank 3 affine building which satisfies Tits' Moufang condition, is itself a Moufang building. This result is also true for higher rank affine buildings by Tits' classification [4].

Type
Research Article
Information
Glasgow Mathematical Journal , Volume 39 , Issue 3 , September 1997 , pp. 237 - 241
Copyright
Copyright © Glasgow Mathematical Journal Trust 1997

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