李群、李代数和表示论

ISBN: 9787506282970

出版社: 世界图书出版公司

出版年: 2007-10

页数: 351

定价: 43.00元

原作名: Lie Groups, Lie Algebras, and Representations: An Elementary Introduction

内容简介

ThisbookprovidesanintroductiontoLiegroups,Liealgebras,andrepresentationtheory,aimedatgraduatestudentsinmathematicsandphysics.Althoughtherearealreadyseveralexcellentbooksthatcovermanyofthesametopics,thisbookhastwodistinctivefeaturesthatIhopewillmakeitausefuladditiontotheliterature.First,ittreatsLiegroups(notjustLiealgebras)inawaythatminimizestheamountofmanifoldtheoryneeded.Thus,Ineitherassumeapriorcourseondifferentiablemanifoldsnorprovideacon-densedsuchcourseinthebeginningchapters.Second,thisbookprovidesagentleintroductiontothemachineryofsemisimplegroupsandLiealgebrasbytreatingtherepresentationtheoryofSU(2)andSU(3)indetailbeforegoingtothegeneralcase.Thisallowsthereadertoseeroots,weights,andtheWeylgroup"inaction"insimplecasesbeforeconfrontingthegeneraltheory.

ThestandardbooksonLietheorybeginimmediatelywiththegeneralcase:asmoothmanifoldthatisalsoagroup.TheLiealgebraisthendefinedasthespaceofleft-invariantvectorfieldsandtheexponentialmappingisdefinedintermsoftheflowalongsuchvectorfields.Thisapproachisundoubtedlytherightoneinthelongrun,butitisratherabstractforareaderencounteringsuchthingsforthefirsttime.Furthermore,withthisapproach,onemusteitherassumethereaderisfamiliarwiththetheoryofdifferentiablemanifolds(whichrulesoutasubstantialpartofone'saudience)oronemustspendconsiderabletimeatthebeginningofthebookexplainingthistheory(inwhichcase,ittakesalongtimetogettoLietheoryproper).