Structure and Geometry of Lie Groups

• Main Authors: Hilgert, Joachim (Author), Neeb, Karl-Hermann (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2012.
• Series: Springer Monographs in Mathematics,
• Subjects: Mathematics.; Algebra.; Topological groups.; Lie groups.; Differential geometry.; Algebraic topology.; Topological Groups, Lie Groups.; Differential Geometry.; Algebraic Topology.

This text is designed as an introduction to Lie groups and their actions on manifolds, one that is accessible both to a broad range of mathematicians and to graduate students. Building on the authors' Lie-Gruppen und Lie-Algebren textbook from 1991, it presents the fundamental  principles of Li...