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Algebraic Groups: The Theory of Group Schemes of Finite Type over a Field

By J. S. Milne

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2017
ISBN
1107167485, 9781107167483
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
4 MB (3871257 bytes)
Series
Cambridge Studies in Advanced Mathematics 170
Edition
1
Pages
660\660
Time added
2017-11-19 06:09:27
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Description

Algebraic groups play much the same role for algebraists as Lie groups play for analysts. This book is the first comprehensive introduction to the theory of algebraic group schemes over fields that includes the structure theory of semisimple algebraic groups, and is written in the language of modern algebraic geometry. The first eight chapters study general algebraic group schemes over a field and culminate in a proof of the Barsotti-Chevalley theorem, realizing every algebraic group as an extension of an abelian variety by an affine group. After a review of the Tannakian philosophy, the author provides short accounts of Lie algebras and finite group schemes. The later chapters treat reductive algebraic groups over arbitrary fields, including the Borel-Chevalley structure theory. Solvable algebraic groups are studied in detail. Prerequisites have also been kept to a minimum so that the book is accessible to non-specialists in algebraic geometry.

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