02184nam a22003375a 4500001001100000003001200011005001700023006001900040007001500059008004100074020001800115024002100133040001400154072001700168084001500185100002700200245010800227260008200335300003400417336002600451337002600477338003600503347002400539490005100563506006600614520099200680650003401672650004201706856003201748856006601780234-180509CH-001817-320180509233001.0a    fot    ||| 0|cr nn mmmmamaa180509e20180525sz     fot    ||| 0|eng d  a978303719689270a10.4171/1892doi  ach0018173 7aPBFD2bicssc  a20-xx2msc1 aThomas, Anne,eauthor.10aGeometric and Topological Aspects of Coxeter Groups and Buildingsh[electronic resource] /cAnne Thomas3 aZuerich, Switzerland :bEuropean Mathematical Society Publishing House,c2018  a1 online resource (160 pages)  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  atext filebPDF2rda0 aZurich Lectures in Advanced Mathematics (ZLAM)1 aRestricted to subscribers:uhttps://www.ems-ph.org/ebooks.php  aCoxeter groups are groups generated by reflections, and they appear throughout mathematics. Tits developed the general theory of Coxeter groups in order to develop the theory of buildings. Buildings have interrelated algebraic, combinatorial and geometric structures, and are powerful tools for understanding the groups which act on them.
These notes focus on the geometry and topology of Coxeter groups and buildings, especially nonspherical cases. The emphasis is on geometric intuition, and there are many examples and illustrations. Part I describes Coxeter groups and their geometric realisations, particularly the Davis complex, and Part II gives a concise introduction to buildings.
This book will be suitable for mathematics graduate students and researchers in geometric group theory, as well as algebra and combinatorics. The assumed background is basic group theory, including group actions, and basic algebraic topology, together with some knowledge of Riemannian geometry.07aGroups & group theory2bicssc07aGroup theory and generalizations2msc40uhttps://doi.org/10.4171/189423cover imageuhttps://www.ems-ph.org/img/books/thomas_mini.jpg