Symmetry, representations, and invariants / Roe Goodman, Nolan R. Wallach.

Author/creator Goodman, Roe
Other author Wallach, Nolan R.
Other author Goodman, Roe
Format Book
Publication InfoDordrecht ; New York : Springer, ©2009.
Descriptionxx, 716 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Subjects

SeriesGraduate texts in mathematics ; 255
Graduate texts in mathematics 255. ^A638225
Contents Lie groups and algebraic groups -- Structure of classical groups -- Highest-weight theory -- Algebras and representations -- Classical invariant theory -- Spinors -- Character formulas -- Branching laws -- Tensor representations of GL(V) -- Tensor representations of O(V) and Sp(V) -- Algebraic groups and homogeneous spaces -- Representations on spaces of regular functions -- Algebraic geometry -- Linear and multilinear algebra -- Associative algebras and lie algebras - Manifolds and Lie groups.
General note"Symmetry, in the title of this book, should be understood as the geometry of Lie (and algebraic) group actions"--P. xv.
General note"Based on 'Representations and invariants of the classical groups', Roe Goodman and Nolan R. Wallach, Cambridge University Press, 1998, third corrected printing 2003"--Page [iv].
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 697-703) and indexes.
ISBN9780387798516 (acid-free paper)
ISBN038779851X (acid-free paper)

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Joyner General Stacks QA176 .G663 2009 ✔ Available Place Hold