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Semisimple Groups and Riemannian Symmetric Spaces (Texts and Readings in Mathematics)
A. Borel
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Description for Semisimple Groups and Riemannian Symmetric Spaces (Texts and Readings in Mathematics)
Paperback. Series: Texts and Readings in Mathematics. Num Pages: 146 pages. BIC Classification: PB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Weight in Grams: 375.
This book presents the previously unpublished notes from a series of lectures given by the author at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research in 1961. Basic material on affine connections and on locally or globally Riemannian and Hermitian symmetric spaces is covered. The final chapter proves the basic theorems on maximal compact subgroups of Lie groups. Readers should be familiar with differential manifolds and the elementary theory of Lie groups and Lie algebras.
This book presents the previously unpublished notes from a series of lectures given by the author at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research in 1961. Basic material on affine connections and on locally or globally Riemannian and Hermitian symmetric spaces is covered. The final chapter proves the basic theorems on maximal compact subgroups of Lie groups. Readers should be familiar with differential manifolds and the elementary theory of Lie groups and Lie algebras.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Hindustan Book Agency
Condition
New
Series
Texts and Readings in Mathematics
Number of Pages
146
Place of Publication
New Delhi, India
ISBN
9789380250229
SKU
V9789380250229
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