A new proof of the Solomon-Tits theorem
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Abstract:
We give a new proof of the Solomon-Tits Theorem which asserts that the Tits building of a finite group of Lie type has the homotopy type of a bouquet of spheres.References
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Additional Information
- Chao Ku
- Affiliation: Department of Mathematics, Caltech Pasadena, California 91125
- Email: chaoku@cco.caltech.edu
- Received by editor(s): December 19, 1996
- Communicated by: Ronald M. Solomon
- © Copyright 1998 American Mathematical Society
- Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 126 (1998), 1941-1944
- MSC (1991): Primary 20E42
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-98-04453-0
- MathSciNet review: 1459131