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2025-26 Spring - MATH5143 - Introduction to Lie Algebras

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Instructor(s)/Supervisor(s)/Coordinator(s): Eric Paul MARBERG
Lie algebras. Nilpotent, solvable and semisimple Lie algebras. Universal enveloping algebras and PBW-theorem. Cartan subalgebras. Roots system, Weyl group, and Dynkin diagram. Classification of semisimple Lie algebras. Representations of semisimple algebras. Weyl character formula. Harish-Chandra isomorphism theorem.
Course period1/02/2630/06/26
Course levelPG
Course formatLecture