[en] In this paper, we introduce the p-adic Moufang condition for hyperbolic buildings of rank 3. It is the most obvious and simplest generalization of the p-adic Moufang condition for affine buildings, introduced in Part III of this sequence of papers. We show that p is very restricted, which confirms (but does not prove) the conjecture that no p-adic analogue is possible for the construction of Moufang (hyperbolic) buildings by Ronan and Tits.
Disciplines :
Mathematics
Author, co-author :
Van Maldeghem, H.
Van Steen, Kristel ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Dép. d'électric., électron. et informat. (Inst.Montefiore) > Bioinformatique
Language :
English
Title :
Characterizations by automorphism groups of some rank 3 buildings - IV: Hyperbolic p-adic Moufang buildings of rank 3
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