Algebraic groups : the theory of group schemes of finite type over a field

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Algebraic groups : the theory of group schemes of finite type over a field

J.S. Milne

(Cambridge studies in advanced mathematics, 170)

Cambridge University Press, 2022

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Originally published: 2017

Includes bibliographical references (p. 631-640) and index

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Algebraic groups play much the same role for algebraists as Lie groups play for analysts. This book is the first comprehensive introduction to the theory of algebraic group schemes over fields that includes the structure theory of semisimple algebraic groups, and is written in the language of modern algebraic geometry. The first eight chapters study general algebraic group schemes over a field and culminate in a proof of the Barsotti-Chevalley theorem, realizing every algebraic group as an extension of an abelian variety by an affine group. After a review of the Tannakian philosophy, the author provides short accounts of Lie algebras and finite group schemes. The later chapters treat reductive algebraic groups over arbitrary fields, including the Borel-Chevalley structure theory. Solvable algebraic groups are studied in detail. Prerequisites have also been kept to a minimum so that the book is accessible to non-specialists in algebraic geometry.

Table of Contents

  • Introduction
  • 1. Definitions and basic properties
  • 2. Examples and basic constructions
  • 3. Affine algebraic groups and Hopf algebras
  • 4. Linear representations of algebraic groups
  • 5. Group theory: the isomorphism theorems
  • 6. Subnormal series: solvable and nilpotent algebraic groups
  • 7. Algebraic groups acting on schemes
  • 8. The structure of general algebraic groups
  • 9. Tannaka duality: Jordan decompositions
  • 10. The Lie algebra of an algebraic group
  • 11. Finite group schemes
  • 12. Groups of multiplicative type: linearly reductive groups
  • 13. Tori acting on schemes
  • 14. Unipotent algebraic groups
  • 15. Cohomology and extensions
  • 16. The structure of solvable algebraic groups
  • 17. Borel subgroups and applications
  • 18. The geometry of algebraic groups
  • 19. Semisimple and reductive groups
  • 20. Algebraic groups of semisimple rank one
  • 21. Split reductive groups
  • 22. Representations of reductive groups
  • 23. The isogeny and existence theorems
  • 24. Construction of the semisimple groups
  • 25. Additional topics
  • Appendix A. Review of algebraic geometry
  • Appendix B. Existence of quotients of algebraic groups
  • Appendix C. Root data
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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