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Lie groups : an introduction through linear groups

Wulf Rossmann

(Oxford graduate texts in mathematics, 5)

Oxford University Press, 2002

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Bibliography: p. 258-260

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This book is intended as an introduction to the theory of Lie groups and their representations at the advanced undergraduate or beginning graduate level. It covers the essentials of the subject starting from basic undergraduate mathematics. The correspondence between linear Lie groups and Lie algebras is developed in its local and global aspects. The classical groups are analysed in detail, first with elementary matrix methods, then with the help of the structural tools typical of the theory of semisimple groups, such as Cartan subgroups, roots, weights, and reflections. The fundamental groups of the classical groups are worked out as an application of these methods. Manifolds are introduced when needed, in connection with homogeneous spaces, and the elements of differential and integral calculus on manifolds are presented, with special emphasis on integration on groups and homogeneous spaces. Representation theory starts from first principles, such as Schur's lemma and its consequences, and proceeds from there to the Peter- Weyl theorem, Weyl's character formula, and the Borel-Weil theorem, all in the context of linear groups.

Table of Contents

  • Preface
  • 1. The exponential map
  • 2. Lie theory
  • 3. The classical groups
  • 4. Manifolds, homogeneous spaces, Lie groups
  • 5. Integration
  • 6. Representations
  • Appendix: Analytic Functions and Inverse Function Theorem
  • References
  • Index

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  • NCID
    BA55583014
  • ISBN
    • 0198596839
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Oxford
  • Pages/Volumes
    x, 265 p.
  • Size
    24 cm
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