Kenneth S. Brown

Contains all of the material from the previous book, Buildings by K. S. Brown (a short, friendly, elementary introduction to the theory of buildings), and substantially revised, updated, new material Includes advanced content that is appropriate for more advanced students or for self-study, including two new chapters on the Moufang propert Introduces many new exercises and illustrations, as well as hints and solutions--including a separate, extensive solutions manual Thoroughly focuses on all three approachs to buildings, “old-fashioned," combinatorial (chamber systems), and metric so that the reader can learn all three or focus on only one Includes appendices on cell complexes, root systems and algebraic groups Request lecturer material: sn.pub/lecturer-material