Introduction
to Lie groups and Lie algebras 1
By Mehdi Nadjafikhah (IUST)
References:
M. Nadjafikhah, An introduction
to differentiable manifolds, IUST, 2017.
E.L. Mansfield, A Practical Guide to the Invariant
Calculus, Cambridge
University Press, 2010.
A. Razavi, Lie groups and Lie algebras, AUT, 2015.
Course materials:
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No. |
Contents |
Text |
Audio |
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01 |
introduction and motivations |
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02 |
topological
groups |
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03 |
examples of topological groups, Lie groups |
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04 |
category of
Lie groups |
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05 |
homogeneous spaces, Lie algebras |
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06 |
Lie algebra
of a Lie group |
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07 |
examples of Lie algebra of a Lie group |
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08 |
one-parameter
Lie groups |
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09 |
exponential map of Lie group |
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10 |
properties
of exponential map and its relation to Lie groups |
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11 |
Maurer-Cartan
form and its properties |
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12 |
examples of
Maurer-Cartan forms, group actions |
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13 |
properties and examples of group actions |
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14 |
some
structural theorems |
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15 |
introduction to invariant calculus and its
applications |
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16 |
transformation
groups, prolongation |
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17 |
transversality,
infinitesimal prolongation |
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18 |
examples and
main formula of prolongation |
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19 |
moving coframe
and some examples |
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20 |
invariantisation map |
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21 |
computation by Maple |
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22 |
matrix
curvature computations |