Semigroups in algebra, geometry, and analysis / editors, Karl H. Hofmann, Jimmie D. Lawson, Ernest B. Vinberg.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hofmann, Karl Heinrich.

Lawson, Jimmie D.

Vinberg, Ė. B. (Ėrnest Borisovich)

Series:

De Gruyter expositions in mathematics ; 0938-6572 20.

De Gruyter expositions in mathematics, 0938-6572 ; 20

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lie groups.

Semigroups.

Physical Description:

xii, 370 p. : ill.

Edition:

Reprint 2011

Place of Publication:

New York : Walter de Gruyter, 1995.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

No detailed description available for "Semigroups in Algebra, Geometry and Analysis".

Contents:

Front matter

Preface

Acknowledgements

Table of Contents

1. Lie semigroups, ordered symmetric spaces and causality

Causal semisimple symmetric spaces, the geometry and harmonic analysis / Faraut, Jacques / Ólafsson, Gestur

The halfspace method for causal structures on homogeneous manifolds / Hilgert, Joachim

Semigroups in foundations of geometry and axiomatic theory of space-time / Guts, Alexander K.

On mathematical foundations and physical applications of chronometry / Levichev, Alexander V.

2. Invariant cones, Ol'shanskiĭ-semigroups, exponential semigroups

On the structure of Lie algebras admitting an invariant cone / Gichev, Victor M.

Semigroups of Ol'shanskiĭ type / Lawson, Jimmie D.

Lie groups and exponential Lie subsemigroups / Hofmann, Karl H. / Ruppert, Wolfgang A.F.

3. Convexity theorems, representation theory

Symplectic convexity theorems, Lie semigroups, and unitary representations / Hilgert, Joachim / Neeb, Karl-Hermann

Holomorphic representations of Ol'shanskiĭ semigroups / Neeb, Karl-Hermann

4. Semisimple Lie groups and semigroups

Control sets and semigroups in semisimple Lie groups / Martin, Luiz B. San

The asymptotic semigroup of a semisimple Lie group / Vinberg, Ernest B.

5. Applications: Control

Applications of the maximum principle to problems in Lie semigroups / Mittenhuber, Dirk

Totally extremal manifolds for optimal control problems / Zelikin, Mikhail I.

6. Applications: Probability

Lie semigroups and probability: a survey / Jurek, Zbigniew J.

List of contributors

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9783110885583

3110885581

OCLC:

840440495