Lie Groups I

Lecture

This lecture will be held by Prof. Iozzi and will take place every thursday and every second tuesday starting september 20. Time and place are always 10-12am at HG G3.

Literature

• A.Sagle & R. Walde: Introduction to Lie groups and Lie algebras (Academic Press, '73)
• F.Warner: Foundations of differentiable manifolds and Lie groups (Springer)
• H. Samelson: Notes on Lie algebras (Springer, '90)
• S.Helgason: Differential geometry, Lie groups and symmetric spaces (Academic Press, '78)
• A.Knapp: Lie groups, Lie algebras and cohomology (Princeton University Press)
• V.S.Varadarajan: Lie groups, Lie algebras and their Representations
• W.Fulton and J. Harris: Representation Theory, A first course (Springer GTM)

Exercises

There will be a set of exercises every second week. Students are expected to thoroughly solve all the exercises. Anyone wishing to do the exam is welcome to try – there is no formal Testatbedingung.

Exercise sessions will take place on tuesdays every second week at 10-12am, starting on september 27. Students should come with questions and be ready to discuss their problems, ideas and solutions. Solved exercises can be handed in for checking.

Problem sets

To be handed in if you wish and preferably early.