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Differential Geometry, Lie Groups, and Symmetric Spaces

Sigurdur Helgason
Publisher: 
American Mathematical Society
Publication Date: 
2001
Number of Pages: 
641
Format: 
Hardcover
Series: 
Graduate Studies in Mathematics 34
Price: 
72.00
ISBN: 
0821828487
Category: 
Monograph
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  • Elementary differential geometry
  • Lie groups and Lie algebras
  • Structure of semisimple Lie algebras
  • Symmetric spaces
  • Decomposition of symmetric spaces
  • Symmetric spaces of the noncompact type
  • Symmetric spaces of the compact type
  • Hermitian symmetric spaces
  • Structure of semisimple Lie groups
  • The classification of simple Lie algebras and of symmetric spaces
  • Solutions to exercises
  • Some details
  • Bibliography
  • List of notational conventions
  • Symbols frequently used
  • Index
  • Reviews for the first edition