Buildings of exceptional type: their geometries and their representations. Ghent University
My project is about buildings, abstract geometric objects introduced to get a grip on certain classes of groups. Classical examples are projective and polar spaces. Exceptional examples are buildings of type G2, F4, E6, E7 and E8, widely studied in mathematics and physics.
The above buildings are the spherical buildings; a second important class is given by the affine buildings. Overall, my project contributes to the study of ...