James E. Humphreys

Linear Algebraic Groups (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

James E. Humphreys is a distinguished Professor of Mathematics at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. He has previously held posts at the University of Oregon and New York University. His main research interests include group theory and Lie algebras, and this graduate level text is an exceptionally well-written introduction to everything about linear algebraic groups.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer New York
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Dezember 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781468494433
• Artikelnr.: 44184162

Inhaltsangabe

I. Algebraic Geometry.- 0. Some Commutative Algebra.- 1. Affine and Projective Varieties.- 2. Varieties.- 3. Dimension.- 4. Morphisms.- 5. Tangent Spaces.- 6. Complete Varieties.- II. Affine Algebraic Groups.- 7. Basic Concepts and Examples.- 8. Actions of Algebraic Groups on Varieties.- III. Lie Algebras.- 9. Lie Algebra of an Algebraic Group.- 10. Differentiation.- IV. Homogeneous Spaces.- 11. Construction of Certain Representations.- 12. Quotients.- V. Characteristic 0 Theory.- 13. Correspondence between Groups and Lie Algebras.- 14. Semisimple Groups.- VI. Semisimple and Unipotent Elements.- 15. Jordan-Chevalley Decomposition.- 16. Diagonalizable Groups.- VII. Solvable Groups.- 17. Nilpotent and Solvable Groups.- 18. Semisimple Elements.- 19. Connected Solvable Groups.- 20. One Dimensional Groups.- VIII. Borel Subgroups.- 21. Fixed Point and Conjugacy Theorems.- 22. Density and Connectedness Theorems.- 23. Normalizer Theorem.- IX. Centralizers of Tori.- 24. Regular and Singular Tori.- 25. Action of a Maximal Torus on G/?.- 26. The Unipotent Radical.- X. Structure of Reductive Groups.- 27. The Root System.- 28. Bruhat Decomposition.- 29. Tits Systems.- 30. Parabolic Subgroups.- XI. Representations and Classification of Semisimple Groups.- 31. Representations.- 32. Isomorphism Theorem.- 33. Root Systems of Rank 2.- XII. Survey of Rationality Properties.- 34. Fields of Definition.- 35. Special Cases.- Appendix. Root Systems.- Index of Terminology.- Index of Symbols.

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J.E. Humphreys

Linear Algebraic Groups

"Exceptionally well-written and ideally suited either for independent reading or as a graduate level text for an introduction to everything about linear algebraic groups."-MATHEMATICAL REVIEWS