Lie Algebras
(Elective course Sep--Dec 2010)
The course meets on Mondays and Wednesdays during 1515--1645 hours
in Matscience room 217. The conveners are K. N. Raghavan and S. Viswanath.
The notes below are alpha version. Use at your own discretion.
Suggestions for improvement are welcome.
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sl(2): Finite dimensional representation theory of the
Lie algebra sl(2)
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semisimplicity: Cartan's criterion, Killing form,
and semisimplicty
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Chambers: some stuff on chambers covered in class but
not directly out of Bourbaki
final exam