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Jacques Tits, Œuvres – Collected Works
Volumes I–IV
Editors:Francis Buekenhout (Université libre de Bruxelles, Belgium)
Bernhard Mühlherr (Justus Liebig University Giessen, Germany)
Jean-Pierre Tignol (Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium)
Hendrik van Maldeghem (Ghent University, Belgium)
ISBN print 978-3-03719-126-2, ISBN online 978-3-03719-626-7
DOI 10.4171/126
November 2013, 3963 pages, hardcover, 17 x 24 cm.
598.00 Euro
Jacques Tits was awarded the Wolf Prize in 1993 and the Abel Prize
(jointly with John Thompson) in 2008. The impact of his contributions
in algebra, group theory and geometry made over a span of more than
five decades is incalculable. Many fundamental developments in several
fields of mathematics have their origin in ideas of Tits. A number of
Tits’ papers mark the starting point of completely new directions of
research. Outstanding examples are papers on quadratic forms, on
Kac–Moody groups and on what subsequently became known as the
Tits-alternative. These volumes contain an almost complete collection of Tits’
mathematical writings. They include, in particular, a number of
published and unpublished manuscripts which have not been easily
accessible until now. This collection of Tits’ contributions in one
place makes the evolution of his mathematical thinking visible. The
development of his theory of buildings and BN-pairs and its bearing
on the theory of algebraic groups, for example, reveal a fascinating
story. Along with Tits’ mathematical writings, these volumes contain
biographical data, survey articles on aspects of Tits’ work and
comments by the editors on the content of some of his papers. With the publication of these volumes, a major piece of 20th century
mathematics is being made available to a wider audience.