Introduction to Lie Algebras

• Main Authors: Erdmann, Karin (Author), Wildon, Mark J. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Springer London : Imprint: Springer, 2006.
• Series: Springer Undergraduate Mathematics Series,
• Subjects: Mathematics.; Algebra.; Physics.; Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics.; Mathematical Methods in Physics.

Lie groups and Lie algebras have become essential to many parts of mathematics and theoretical physics, with Lie algebras a central object of interest in their own right. Based on a lecture course given to fourth-year undergraduates, this book provides an elementary introduction to Lie algebras. It...