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Lie Groups Wulf Rossmann (Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Ottawa)

Lie Groups By Wulf Rossmann (Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Ottawa)

Summary

This new in paperback edition provides a clear introduction to the theory of Lie groups and their representations for advanced undergraduates and graduate students in mathematics. Starting from basic undergraduate level mathematics, the text proceeds through the fundamentals of Lie theory up to topics in representation theory.

Lie Groups Summary

Lie Groups: An Introduction Through Linear Groups by Wulf Rossmann (Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Ottawa)

Lie Groups 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.

Lie Groups Reviews

'A nice feature of this book is a variety of problems proposed at the end of each section; this makes it especially suitable as a textbook for a first course in Lie groups, addressed to an audience of mathematicians or physicists. MMA Reviews, March 2007, Fabio Mainardi

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

Additional information

NLS9780199202515
9780199202515
0199202516
Lie Groups: An Introduction Through Linear Groups by Wulf Rossmann (Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Ottawa)
New
Paperback
Oxford University Press
2006-06-29
276
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