Abstract & Pure

Learn Lie Groups

The structure theory of Lie groups and Lie algebras: left-invariant vector fields, the classical groups as manifolds, the exponential map and where it fails to be surjective, the Baker-Campbell-Hausdorff formula, the Lie correspondence and covering groups, the Killing form and Cartan's criteria, Engel's and Lie's theorems, the Levi decomposition, the universal enveloping algebra and PBW, Casimir elements, maximal tori, the Weyl character and dimension formulas, real forms and the unitary trick, homogeneous and symmetric spaces, and symmetry in physics. Representation theory itself is developed in the Representation Theory chapter.

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What you'll learn

18 lessons in Lie Groups

Left-invariant vector fieldsThe classical groupsThe exponential mapWhen the exponential map failsBaker-Campbell-HausdorffThe Lie correspondenceCovering groupsThe adjoint representation and the Killing formCartan's criteriaEngel's and Lie's theoremsThe Levi decompositionThe universal enveloping algebraCasimir elementsMaximal toriThe Weyl character and dimension formulasReal forms and the unitary trickHomogeneous and symmetric spacesLie groups as symmetry in physics
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