Affine Lie Algebras and Quantum Groups

Affine Lie Algebras and Quantum Groups
Author: Jürgen Fuchs
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 452
Release: 1995-03-09
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 9780521484121

This is an introduction to the theory of affine Lie Algebras, to the theory of quantum groups, and to the interrelationships between these two fields that are encountered in conformal field theory.

An Introduction to Lie Groups and Lie Algebras

An Introduction to Lie Groups and Lie Algebras
Author: Alexander A. Kirillov
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 237
Release: 2008-07-31
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 0521889693

This book is an introduction to semisimple Lie algebras. It is concise and informal, with numerous exercises and examples.

Lie Groups

Lie Groups
Author: Daniel Bump
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 532
Release: 2013-10-01
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 1461480248

This book is intended for a one-year graduate course on Lie groups and Lie algebras. The book goes beyond the representation theory of compact Lie groups, which is the basis of many texts, and provides a carefully chosen range of material to give the student the bigger picture. The book is organized to allow different paths through the material depending on one's interests. This second edition has substantial new material, including improved discussions of underlying principles, streamlining of some proofs, and many results and topics that were not in the first edition. For compact Lie groups, the book covers the Peter–Weyl theorem, Lie algebra, conjugacy of maximal tori, the Weyl group, roots and weights, Weyl character formula, the fundamental group and more. The book continues with the study of complex analytic groups and general noncompact Lie groups, covering the Bruhat decomposition, Coxeter groups, flag varieties, symmetric spaces, Satake diagrams, embeddings of Lie groups and spin. Other topics that are treated are symmetric function theory, the representation theory of the symmetric group, Frobenius–Schur duality and GL(n) × GL(m) duality with many applications including some in random matrix theory, branching rules, Toeplitz determinants, combinatorics of tableaux, Gelfand pairs, Hecke algebras, the "philosophy of cusp forms" and the cohomology of Grassmannians. An appendix introduces the reader to the use of Sage mathematical software for Lie group computations.

Symmetries, Lie Algebras and Representations

Symmetries, Lie Algebras and Representations
Author: Jürgen Fuchs
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 464
Release: 2003-10-07
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 9780521541190

This book gives an introduction to Lie algebras and their representations. Lie algebras have many applications in mathematics and physics, and any physicist or applied mathematician must nowadays be well acquainted with them.

Introduction to Finite and Infinite Dimensional Lie (Super)algebras

Introduction to Finite and Infinite Dimensional Lie (Super)algebras
Author: Neelacanta Sthanumoorthy
Publisher: Academic Press
Total Pages: 514
Release: 2016-04-26
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 012804683X

Lie superalgebras are a natural generalization of Lie algebras, having applications in geometry, number theory, gauge field theory, and string theory. Introduction to Finite and Infinite Dimensional Lie Algebras and Superalgebras introduces the theory of Lie superalgebras, their algebras, and their representations. The material covered ranges from basic definitions of Lie groups to the classification of finite-dimensional representations of semi-simple Lie algebras. While discussing all classes of finite and infinite dimensional Lie algebras and Lie superalgebras in terms of their different classes of root systems, the book focuses on Kac-Moody algebras. With numerous exercises and worked examples, it is ideal for graduate courses on Lie groups and Lie algebras. - Discusses the fundamental structure and all root relationships of Lie algebras and Lie superalgebras and their finite and infinite dimensional representation theory - Closely describes BKM Lie superalgebras, their different classes of imaginary root systems, their complete classifications, root-supermultiplicities, and related combinatorial identities - Includes numerous tables of the properties of individual Lie algebras and Lie superalgebras - Focuses on Kac-Moody algebras

Differential Geometry and Lie Groups for Physicists

Differential Geometry and Lie Groups for Physicists
Author: Marián Fecko
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 11
Release: 2006-10-12
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1139458035

Covering subjects including manifolds, tensor fields, spinors, and differential forms, this textbook introduces geometrical topics useful in modern theoretical physics and mathematics. It develops understanding through over 1000 short exercises, and is suitable for advanced undergraduate or graduate courses in physics, mathematics and engineering.

Problems And Solutions For Groups, Lie Groups, Lie Algebras With Applications

Problems And Solutions For Groups, Lie Groups, Lie Algebras With Applications
Author: Willi-hans Steeb
Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
Total Pages: 353
Release: 2012-04-26
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 9813104112

The book presents examples of important techniques and theorems for Groups, Lie groups and Lie algebras. This allows the reader to gain understandings and insights through practice. Applications of these topics in physics and engineering are also provided. The book is self-contained. Each chapter gives an introduction to the topic.

Stochastic Models, Information Theory, and Lie Groups, Volume 2

Stochastic Models, Information Theory, and Lie Groups, Volume 2
Author: Gregory S. Chirikjian
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 461
Release: 2011-11-16
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 0817649441

This unique two-volume set presents the subjects of stochastic processes, information theory, and Lie groups in a unified setting, thereby building bridges between fields that are rarely studied by the same people. Unlike the many excellent formal treatments available for each of these subjects individually, the emphasis in both of these volumes is on the use of stochastic, geometric, and group-theoretic concepts in the modeling of physical phenomena. Stochastic Models, Information Theory, and Lie Groups will be of interest to advanced undergraduate and graduate students, researchers, and practitioners working in applied mathematics, the physical sciences, and engineering. Extensive exercises, motivating examples, and real-world applications make the work suitable as a textbook for use in courses that emphasize applied stochastic processes or differential geometry.