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Axioms of affine buildings

Group Theory 2009-09-17 v1 Metric Geometry

Abstract

We prove equivalence of certain axiom sets for affine buildings. Along the lines a purely combinatorial proof of the existence of a spherical building at infinity is given. As a corollary we obtain that ``being an affine building'' is independent of the metric structure of the space.

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@article{arxiv.0909.2967,
  title  = {Axioms of affine buildings},
  author = {Petra N. Schwer},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0909.2967},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

14 pages, author's name changed from Hitzelberger to Schwer