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The study of geometries can be developed starting from a different viewpoint than the diagram geometric one of the previous chapter. It corresponds to the structure induced on the set of maximal flags, also called chambers (cf. Definition 1.2.5), of a geometry. This slightly more abstract viewpoint has advantages for the study of thin geometries as well as group-related geometries.
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Buekenhout, F., Cohen, A.M. (2013). Chamber Systems. In: Diagram Geometry. Ergebnisse der Mathematik und ihrer Grenzgebiete. 3. Folge / A Series of Modern Surveys in Mathematics, vol 57. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-34453-4_3
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