Galois involutions and exceptional buildings
Bernhard Mühlherr
Universität Giessen, GermanyRichard M. Weiss
Tufts University, Medford, USA
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Abstract
We apply the theory of descent for buildings to give elementary constructions of the exceptional buildings of type , , and as the fixed point building of a Galois involution of a building of type , or or, in one case, a pseudo-split building of type .
Cite this article
Bernhard Mühlherr, Richard M. Weiss, Galois involutions and exceptional buildings. Enseign. Math. 62 (2016), no. 1/2, pp. 207–260
DOI 10.4171/LEM/62-1/2-13