Lie Algebras And Their Representations

Author : V.S. Varadarajan
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 444 pages
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Release : 2013-04-17
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9781461211266

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Lie Groups, Lie Algebras, and Their Representations by V.S. Varadarajan Pdf

This book has grown out of a set of lecture notes I had prepared for a course on Lie groups in 1966. When I lectured again on the subject in 1972, I revised the notes substantially. It is the revised version that is now appearing in book form. The theory of Lie groups plays a fundamental role in many areas of mathematics. There are a number of books on the subject currently available -most notably those of Chevalley, Jacobson, and Bourbaki-which present various aspects of the theory in great depth. However, 1 feei there is a need for a single book in English which develops both the algebraic and analytic aspects of the theory and which goes into the representation theory of semi simple Lie groups and Lie algebras in detail. This book is an attempt to fiii this need. It is my hope that this book will introduce the aspiring graduate student as well as the nonspecialist mathematician to the fundamental themes of the subject. I have made no attempt to discuss infinite-dimensional representations. This is a very active field, and a proper treatment of it would require another volume (if not more) of this size. However, the reader who wants to take up this theory will find that this book prepares him reasonably well for that task.

Author : Brian Hall
Publisher : Springer
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2015-05-11
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9783319134673

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Lie Groups, Lie Algebras, and Representations by Brian Hall Pdf

This textbook treats Lie groups, Lie algebras and their representations in an elementary but fully rigorous fashion requiring minimal prerequisites. In particular, the theory of matrix Lie groups and their Lie algebras is developed using only linear algebra, and more motivation and intuition for proofs is provided than in most classic texts on the subject. In addition to its accessible treatment of the basic theory of Lie groups and Lie algebras, the book is also noteworthy for including: a treatment of the Baker–Campbell–Hausdorff formula and its use in place of the Frobenius theorem to establish deeper results about the relationship between Lie groups and Lie algebras motivation for the machinery of roots, weights and the Weyl group via a concrete and detailed exposition of the representation theory of sl(3;C) an unconventional definition of semisimplicity that allows for a rapid development of the structure theory of semisimple Lie algebras a self-contained construction of the representations of compact groups, independent of Lie-algebraic arguments The second edition of Lie Groups, Lie Algebras, and Representations contains many substantial improvements and additions, among them: an entirely new part devoted to the structure and representation theory of compact Lie groups; a complete derivation of the main properties of root systems; the construction of finite-dimensional representations of semisimple Lie algebras has been elaborated; a treatment of universal enveloping algebras, including a proof of the Poincaré–Birkhoff–Witt theorem and the existence of Verma modules; complete proofs of the Weyl character formula, the Weyl dimension formula and the Kostant multiplicity formula. Review of the first edition: This is an excellent book. It deserves to, and undoubtedly will, become the standard text for early graduate courses in Lie group theory ... an important addition to the textbook literature ... it is highly recommended. — The Mathematical Gazette

Author : Robert N. Cahn
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2014-06-10
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9780486150314

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Semi-Simple Lie Algebras and Their Representations by Robert N. Cahn Pdf

Designed to acquaint students of particle physiME already familiar with SU(2) and SU(3) with techniques applicable to all simple Lie algebras, this text is especially suited to the study of grand unification theories. Author Robert N. Cahn, who is affiliated with the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in Berkeley, California, has provided a new preface for this edition. Subjects include the killing form, the structure of simple Lie algebras and their representations, simple roots and the Cartan matrix, the classical Lie algebras, and the exceptional Lie algebras. Additional topiME include Casimir operators and Freudenthal's formula, the Weyl group, Weyl's dimension formula, reducing product representations, subalgebras, and branching rules. 1984 edition.

Author : J.E. Humphreys
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 189 pages
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Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9781461263982

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Introduction to Lie Algebras and Representation Theory by J.E. Humphreys Pdf

This book is designed to introduce the reader to the theory of semisimple Lie algebras over an algebraically closed field of characteristic 0, with emphasis on representations. A good knowledge of linear algebra (including eigenvalues, bilinear forms, euclidean spaces, and tensor products of vector spaces) is presupposed, as well as some acquaintance with the methods of abstract algebra. The first four chapters might well be read by a bright undergraduate; however, the remaining three chapters are admittedly a little more demanding. Besides being useful in many parts of mathematics and physics, the theory of semisimple Lie algebras is inherently attractive, combining as it does a certain amount of depth and a satisfying degree of completeness in its basic results. Since Jacobson's book appeared a decade ago, improvements have been made even in the classical parts of the theory. I have tried to incor porate some of them here and to provide easier access to the subject for non-specialists. For the specialist, the following features should be noted: (I) The Jordan-Chevalley decomposition of linear transformations is emphasized, with "toral" subalgebras replacing the more traditional Cartan subalgebras in the semisimple case. (2) The conjugacy theorem for Cartan subalgebras is proved (following D. J. Winter and G. D. Mostow) by elementary Lie algebra methods, avoiding the use of algebraic geometry.

Author : Dmitriĭ Petrovich Zhelobenko
Publisher : American Mathematical Soc.
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1973-01-01
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 0821886649

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Compact Lie Groups and Their Representations by Dmitriĭ Petrovich Zhelobenko Pdf

Author : Jean-Philippe Anker,Bent Orsted
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 331 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9780817681920

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Lie Theory by Jean-Philippe Anker,Bent Orsted Pdf

* First of three independent, self-contained volumes under the general title, "Lie Theory," featuring original results and survey work from renowned mathematicians. * Contains J. C. Jantzen's "Nilpotent Orbits in Representation Theory," and K.-H. Neeb's "Infinite Dimensional Groups and their Representations." * Comprehensive treatments of the relevant geometry of orbits in Lie algebras, or their duals, and the correspondence to representations. * Should benefit graduate students and researchers in mathematics and mathematical physics.

Author : Seok-Jin Kang,Symposium on Lie Algebras,Myung-Hwan Kim,Insok Lee
Publisher : American Mathematical Soc.
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Lie algebras
ISBN : 9780821805121

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Lie Algebras and Their Representations by Seok-Jin Kang,Symposium on Lie Algebras,Myung-Hwan Kim,Insok Lee Pdf

Over the past 30 years, exciting developments in diverse areas of the theory of Lie algebras and their representations have been observed. The symposium covered topics such as Lie algebras and combinatorics, crystal bases for quantum groups, quantum groups and solvable lattice models, and modular and infinite-dimensional Lie algebras. In this volume, readers will find several excellent expository articles and research papers containing many significant new results in this area.

Author : A. L. Onishchik
Publisher : European Mathematical Society
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 3037190027

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Lectures on Real Semisimple Lie Algebras and Their Representations by A. L. Onishchik Pdf

The book begins with a simplified (and somewhat extended and corrected) exposition of the main results of F. Karpelevich's 1955 paper and relates them to the theory of Cartan-Iwahori. It concludes with some tables, where an involution of the Dynkin diagram that allows for finding self-conjugate representations is described and explicit formulas for the index are given. In a short addendum, written by J. V. Silhan, this involution is interpreted in terms of the Satake diagram.

Author : H. Strade
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2020-08-11
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9781000103397

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Modular Lie Algebras and their Representations by H. Strade Pdf

This book presents an introduction to the structure and representation theory of modular Lie algebras over fields of positive characteristic. It introduces the beginner to the theory of modular Lie algebras and is meant to be a reference text for researchers.

Author : Anthony Henderson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 167 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2012-08-16
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9781107653610

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Representations of Lie Algebras by Anthony Henderson Pdf

A fresh undergraduate-accessible approach to Lie algebras and their representations.

Author : V. S. Varadarajan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2014-01-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1461211271

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Lie Groups, Lie Algebras, and Their Representations by V. S. Varadarajan Pdf

Author : Brian C. Hall
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2003-08-07
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 0387401229

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Lie Groups, Lie Algebras, and Representations by Brian C. Hall Pdf

This book provides an introduction to Lie groups, Lie algebras, and repre sentation theory, aimed at graduate students in mathematics and physics. Although there are already several excellent books that cover many of the same topics, this book has two distinctive features that I hope will make it a useful addition to the literature. First, it treats Lie groups (not just Lie alge bras) in a way that minimizes the amount of manifold theory needed. Thus, I neither assume a prior course on differentiable manifolds nor provide a con densed such course in the beginning chapters. Second, this book provides a gentle introduction to the machinery of semi simple groups and Lie algebras by treating the representation theory of SU(2) and SU(3) in detail before going to the general case. This allows the reader to see roots, weights, and the Weyl group "in action" in simple cases before confronting the general theory. The standard books on Lie theory begin immediately with the general case: a smooth manifold that is also a group. The Lie algebra is then defined as the space of left-invariant vector fields and the exponential mapping is defined in terms of the flow along such vector fields. This approach is undoubtedly the right one in the long run, but it is rather abstract for a reader encountering such things for the first time.

Author : James Lepowsky,Haisheng Li
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9780817681869

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Introduction to Vertex Operator Algebras and Their Representations by James Lepowsky,Haisheng Li Pdf

* Introduces the fundamental theory of vertex operator algebras and its basic techniques and examples. * Begins with a detailed presentation of the theoretical foundations and proceeds to a range of applications. * Includes a number of new, original results and brings fresh perspective to important works of many other researchers in algebra, lie theory, representation theory, string theory, quantum field theory, and other areas of math and physics.

Author : Alexander A. Kirillov
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2008-07-31
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9780521889698

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An Introduction to Lie Groups and Lie Algebras by Alexander A. Kirillov Pdf

Contemporary introduction to semisimple Lie algebras; concise and informal, with numerous exercises and examples

Author : Ramji Lal
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2021-03-29
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9789811604751

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Algebra 4 by Ramji Lal Pdf

This book, the fourth book in the four-volume series in algebra, discusses Lie algebra and representation theory in detail. It covers topics such as semisimple Lie algebras, root systems, representation theory of Lie algebra, Chevalley groups and representation theory of Chevalley groups. Numerous motivating illustrations have been presented along with exercises, enabling readers to acquire a good understanding of topics which they can then use to find the exact or most realistic solutions to their problems.