Lectures on Lie Groups and Lie Algebras

by Graeme Segal, Ian Grant Macdonald, Roger W. Carter, et al.

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521499224
• ISBN13: 9780521499224
• Release Date: September 1995
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 8.9"