Buildings and the geometry of diagrams : lectures given at the 3rd 1984 Session of the Centro internazionale matematico estivo (C.I.M.E.) held at Como, Italy, August 26-September 4, 1984 / L. A. Rosati

From the preface: "In this volume we present the proceedings of the CIME session `Buildings and the geometry of diagrams' which was held at Como from August 26 to September 4, 1984. The aim of the session was to describe some of the principal aspects of a field of geometry which is worthy of consideration both for its intrinsic interest, and for its applications to the theory of groups.''
Contents: Francis Buekenhout, The geometry of the finite simple groups (pp. 1–78); William M. Kantor, Generalized polygons, SCABs and GABs (pp. 79–158); Jacques Tits, Immeubles de type affine [Buildings of affine type] (pp. 159–190); Arjeh M. Cohen, Point-line characterizations of buildings (pp. 191–206); Th. Meixner, Constructions of chamber systems of type M with transitive automorphism group (pp. 207–217); Antonio Pasini, Covers of finite geometries with nonspherical minimal circuit diagram (pp. 218–241); M. A. Ronan, A construction of buildings with no rank 3 residues of spherical type (pp. 242–248); F. G. Timmesfeld, Tits chamber systems and finite group theory (pp. 249–269).