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Infinite dimensional Lie algebras: an introduction

By Victor G. Kac

Book information

Publisher
Birkhäuser
Year
1984
ISBN
9780817631185, 0-8176-3118-6
LCC
QA252.3
Open Library ID
OL22582076M
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
4 MB (4077562 bytes)
Series
Progress in Mathematics
Pages
274\274
Topic
Mathematics Algebra
Library
mexmat
Time added
2009-07-20 03:45:11

Description

This is the third, substantially revised edition of this important monograph by a giant in the field of mathematics. The book is concerned with Kac-Moody algebras, a particular class of infinite-dimensional Lie algebras, and their representations. Each chapter begins with a motivating discussion and ends with a collection of exercises with hints to the more challenging problems. The theory has applications in many areas of mathematics, and Lie algebras have been significant in the study of fundamental particles, including string theory, so this book should appeal to mathematical physicists, as well as mathematicians.

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