This book offers a first taste of the theory of Lie groups, focusing mainly on matrix groups: closed subgroups of real and complex general linear groups. The first part studies examples and describes classical families of simply connected compact groups. The second section introduces the idea of a lie group and explores the associated notion of a homogeneous space using orbits of smooth actions. The emphasis throughout is on accessibility.
- ISBN13 9781852334703
- Publish Date 20 August 2003
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Springer London Ltd
- Edition 1st Corrected ed. 2002. Corr. 2nd printing 2003
- Format Paperback
- Pages 330
- Language English