The Structure of Complex Lie Groups (Chapman & Hall/CRC Research Notes in Mathematics Series) - Softcover

Lee, Dong Hoon Hoon

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1584882611 ISBN 13: 9781584882619

Publisher: Chapman and Hall/CRC, 2001

Synopsis

Complex Lie groups have often been used as auxiliaries in the study of real Lie groups in areas such as differential geometry and representation theory. To date, however, no book has fully explored and developed their structural aspects. The Structure of Complex Lie Groups addresses this need. Self-contained, it begins with general concepts introduced via an almost complex structure on a real Lie group. It then moves to the theory of representative functions of Lie groups- used as a primary tool in subsequent chapters-and discusses the extension problem of representations that is essential for studying the structure of complex Lie groups. This is followed by a discourse on complex analytic groups that carry the structure of affine algebraic groups compatible with their analytic group structure. The author then uses the results of his earlier discussions to determine the observability of subgroups of complex Lie groups. The differences between complex algebraic groups and complex Lie groups are sometimes subtle and it can be difficult to know which aspects of algebraic group theory apply and which must be modified. The Structure of Complex Lie Groups helps clarify those distinctions. Clearly written and well organized, this unique work presents material not found in other books on Lie groups and serves as an outstanding complement to them.

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Dong Hoon Lee

Edition details

• Publisher: Chapman and Hall/CRC
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1584882611
• ISBN 13: 9781584882619
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 228
• Editor: Douglas Ronald G., Brezis Haim, Jeffrey Alan