Lie Algebras and Locally Compact Groups |
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| Author:
| Kaplansky, Irving |
| Series title: | Chicago Lectures in Mathematics Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-226-42453-8 |
| Publication Date: | Feb 1995 |
| Publisher: | University of Chicago Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $49.00 |
Book Description:
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This volume presents lecture notes based on the author's courses on Lie algebras and the solution of Hilbert's fifth problem. In chapter 1, "Lie Algebras," the structure theory of semi-simple Lie algebras in characteristic zero is presented, following the ideas of Killing and Cartan. Chapter 2, "The Structure of Locally Compact Groups," deals with the solution of Hilbert's fifth problem given by Gleason, Montgomery, and Zipplin in 1952.
This volume presents lecture notes based on the author's courses on Lie algebras and the solution of Hilbert's fifth problem. In chapter 1, "Lie Algebras," the structure theory of semi-simple Lie algebras in characteristic zero is presented, following the ideas of Killing and Cartan. Chapter 2, "The Structure of Locally Compact Groups," deals with the solution of Hilbert's fifth problem given by Gleason, Montgomery, and Zipplin in 1952.