Polar Spaces
Hendrik Van Maldeghem
Ghent University, Belgium
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| Front matterDownload pp. i–iv | |
| PrefaceDownload p. vii | |
| IntroductionDownload pp. ix–xiv | |
| ContentsDownload pp. xv–xvii | |
| 1 | Definition and basic propertiespp. 1–19 |
| 2 | Shult spaces and the one-or-all axiompp. 21–31 |
| 3 | Generalised polarities and reflexive formspp. 33–55 |
| 4 | Polar spaces from pseudo-quadratic formspp. 57–73 |
| 5 | Non-embeddable polar spacespp. 75–86 |
| 6 | Diagrams and oriflamme geometriespp. 87–100 |
| 7 | Central and axial collineationspp. 101–109 |
| 8 | The geometric principle of trialitypp. 111–124 |
| 9 | Parapolar spacespp. 125–143 |
| A | Cayley–Dickson division algebras and Moufang planespp. 145–159 |
| References p. 161 | |
| Indexpp. 163–164 |