Essays in the history of Lie groups and algebraic groups /
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| Author / Creator: | Borel, Armand. |
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| Imprint: | Providence, R.I. : American Mathematical Society ; [London] : London Mathematical Society, c2001. |
| Description: | xiii, 184 p. : ill. ; 27 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | History of mathematics, 0899-2428 ; v. 21 |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4505586 |
Table of Contents:
- Overview Full reducibility and invariants for $\mathbf{{SL}}_2(\mathbb C)$
- Hermann Weyl and Lie groups Elie Cartan, symmetric spaces and Lie groups
- Linear algebraic groups in the 19th century
- Linear algebraic groups in the 20th century
- The work of Chevalley in Lie groups and algebraic groups
- Algebraic groups and Galois theory in the work of Ellis R. Kolchin
- Name index
- Subject index Photo section
