Lectures on exceptional Lie groups / J.F. Adams ; edited by Zafer Mahmud and Mamoru Mimura.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Adams, J. Frank (John Frank)

Contributor:

Mahmud, Zafer.

Mimura, M. (Mamoru), 1938-

Series:

Chicago lectures in mathematics

Chicago lectures in mathematics series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lie groups.

Physical Description:

xiv, 122 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1996.

Summary:

Summary of Constructions Foreword Acknowledgments Introduction Ch. 1: Definitions, examples and matrix groups Ch. 2: Clifford algebras Ch. 3: The Spin groups Ch. 4: Clifford modules and representations Ch. 5: Applications of Spin representations Ch. 6: The exceptional groups: construction of E[subscript 8] Ch. 7: Construction of a Lie group of type E[subscript 8] Ch. 8: The construction of Lie groups of type F[subscript 4], E[subscript 6], E[subscript 7] Ch. 9: The Dynkin diagrams of F[subscript 4], E[subscript 6], E[subscript 7], E[subscript 8] Ch. 10: The Weyl group of E[subscript 8] Ch. 11: Representations of E[subscript 6], E[subscript 7] Ch. 12: Direct construction of E[subscript 7] Ch. 13: Direct treatment of E[subscript 6] Ch. 14: Direct treatment of F[subscript 4], I Ch. 15: The Cayley numbers Ch. 16: Direct treatment of F[subscript 4], II: Jordan algebras Appendix: Jordan algebras References

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references ([121]-122).

ISBN:

0226005267

0226005275

OCLC:

34669444