Lectures on Lie groups and Lie algebras
By: Roger Carter, Graeme Segal, Ian Macdonald.
Contributors: Segal, Graeme.; Macdonald, I. G.
Series: London Mathematical Society student texts ;; 32
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 190
Subjects: Lie groups.; Lie algebras.
Description: In this excellent introduction to the theory of Lie groups and Lie algebras, three of the leading figures in this area have written up their lectures from an LMS/SERC sponsored short course in 1993. Together these lectures provide an elementary account of the theory that is unsurpassed. In the first part Roger Carter concentrates on Lie algebras and root systems. In the second Graeme Segal discusses Lie groups. And in the final part, Ian Macdonald gives an introduction to special linear groups. Anybody requiring an introduction to the theory of Lie groups and their applications should look no further than this book.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-188) and index.
"Based on the three introductory lecture courses given at the LMS-SERC Instructional Conference on Lie theory and algebraic groups held at Lancaster University in September 1993"--Foreword.