Algebraic Theory of Locally Nilpotent Derivations

• Main Author: Freudenburg, Gene (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Edition: 2nd ed. 2017.
• Series: Encyclopaedia of Mathematical Sciences, 136.3
• Subjects: Mathematics.; Algebraic geometry.; Commutative algebra.; Commutative rings.; Topological groups.; Lie groups.; Commutative Rings and Algebras.; Algebraic Geometry.; Topological Groups, Lie Groups.

This book explores the theory and application of locally nilpotent derivations, a subject motivated by questions in affine algebraic geometry and having fundamental connections to areas such as commutative algebra, representation theory, Lie algebras and differential equations. The author provides a...