Books written by Jacques Tits.
Abel Prize winner of 2008 for his profound achievements in algebra and in particular for shaping modern group theory.
Moufang Polygons
This book gives the complete classification of Moufang polygons, starting from first principles. In particular, it may serve as an introduction to the various important algebraic concepts which arise in this classification including alternative division rings, quadratic Jordan division algebras of degree three, pseudo-quadratic forms, BN-pairs and norm splittings of quadratic forms.
Buildings of Spherical Type and Finite BN-Pairs
These notes are a slightly revised and extended version of mim-graphed notes written on the occasion of a seminar on buildings and BN-pairs held at Oberwolfach in April 1968.