Theory of Lie Groups (PMS-8), Volume 8 / Claude Chevalley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chevalley, Claude, author.

Series:

Princeton landmarks in mathematics and physics.

Princeton mathematical series ; 8.

Princeton Landmarks in Mathematics and Physics ; 8

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Continuous groups.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (230 p.)

Place of Publication:

Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2016]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This famous book was the first treatise on Lie groups in which a modern point of view was adopted systematically, namely, that a continuous group can be regarded as a global object. To develop this idea to its fullest extent, Chevalley incorporated a broad range of topics, such as the covering spaces of topological spaces, analytic manifolds, integration of complete systems of differential equations on a manifold, and the calculus of exterior differential forms. The book opens with a short description of the classical groups: unitary groups, orthogonal groups, symplectic groups, etc. These special groups are then used to illustrate the general properties of Lie groups, which are considered later. The general notion of a Lie group is defined and correlated with the algebraic notion of a Lie algebra; the subgroups, factor groups, and homomorphisms of Lie groups are studied by making use of the Lie algebra. The last chapter is concerned with the theory of compact groups, culminating in Peter-Weyl's theorem on the existence of representations. Given a compact group, it is shown how one can construct algebraically the corresponding Lie group with complex parameters which appears in the form of a certain algebraic variety (associated algebraic group). This construction is intimately related to the proof of the generalization given by Tannaka of Pontrjagin's duality theorem for Abelian groups. The continued importance of Lie groups in mathematics and theoretical physics make this an indispensable volume for researchers in both fields.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Introduction

Contents

I.The Classical Linear Groups

II. Topological Groups

III. Manifolds

IV. Analytic Groups. Lie Groups

V. The Differential Calculus of Cartan

VI. Compact Lie Groups and Their Representations

Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

ISBN:

9781400883851

1400883857

OCLC:

948779994