Math 522: Lie groups and Lie Algebras I

Basic Information

Prerequisites

Undergraduate linear algebra, abstract algebra, point set topology ...

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Course outline

This course is an introduction to Lie theory.
We will cover sections 1, 2, 4 and 5 of Lie groups, Lie Algebras, and Representations by Brian Hall. (Corr. 2nd printing, 2004, XVII, 351 p. 38 illus., 7 in color., Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-387-40122-5)

Grades

The course grade will be based on homework. Homework will be assigned weekly. One problem per homework will be graded.
Here are lecture notes from an old version of the course.

Here are lecture notes by E.P. van den Ban. Exercises for this couras are here and prerequisites are here


Last modified: Thu Sep 17 12:22:29 CDT 2009