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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Contents

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01

introduction and motivations

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02

topological groups

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examples of topological groups, Lie groups

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category of Lie groups

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homogeneous spaces, Lie algebras

T05

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Lie algebra of a Lie group

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examples of Lie algebra of a Lie group

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one-parameter Lie groups

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exponential map of Lie group

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properties of exponential map and its relation to Lie groups

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Maurer-Cartan form and its properties

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examples of Maurer-Cartan forms, group actions

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properties and examples of group actions

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some structural theorems

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introduction to invariant calculus and its applications

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transformation groups, prolongation

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transversality, infinitesimal prolongation

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examples and main formula of prolongation

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moving coframe and some examples

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invariantisation map

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computation by Maple

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matrix curvature computations

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Some Exams: Mid-term, Final

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