<span>A ninth printing of Helgason's 1978 textbook and reference published by Academic Press, itself a revision of and sequel to his 1962 Differential Geometry and Symmetric Spaces , based in turn on lectures he gave a the University of Chicago in 1958 and later at Columbia and MIT. He begins by exp
Differential Geometry, Lie Groups, and Symmetric Spaces
โ Scribed by Sigurdur Helgason
- Publisher
- Academic Press, Elsevier
- Year
- 1978
- Leaves
- 635
- Series
- Pure and Applied Mathematics, Vol. 80
- Category
- Library
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โฆ Synopsis
The present book is intended as a textbook and reference work on three topics in the title. Together with a volume in progress on "Groups and Geometric Analysis" it supersedes my "Differential Geometry and Symmetric Spaces," published in 1962. Since that time several branches of the subject, particularly the function theory on symmetric spaces, have developed substantially. I felt that an expanded treatment might now be useful.
โฆ Table of Contents
Content:
Editorial Page
Page iii
Copyright Page
Page iv
Preface
Pages ix-xi
Suggestions to the Reader
Page xiii
Tentative Contents of the Sequel
Page xv
Chapter I Elementary Differential Geometry
Pages 1-96
Chapter II Lie Groups and Lie Algebras
Pages 97-154
Chapter III Structure of Semisimple Lie Algebras
Pages 155-196
Chapter IV Symmetric Spaces
Pages 197-228
Chapter V Decomposition of Symmetric Spaces
Pages 229-251
Chapter VI Symmetric Spaces of the Noncompact Type
Pages 252-280
Chapter VII Symmetric Spaces of the Compact Type
Pages 281-351
Chapter VIII Hermitian Symmetric Spaces
Pages 352-400
Chapter IX Structure of Semisimple Lie Groups
Pages 401-437
Chapter X The Classification of Simple Lie Algebras and of Symmetric Spaces
Pages 438-537
Solutions to Exercises
Pages 538-585
Bibliography
Pages 587-616
List of Notational Conventions
Pages 617-619
Symbols Frequently Used
Pages 620-622
Index
Pages 623-629
๐ SIMILAR VOLUMES
Recommended [here](https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/461029/getting-started-with-lie-groups) as a good introduction to Lie theory: > I would suggest you start with chapter 4 of *An Introduction to Manifolds* by Tu, Then study *Lie Groups, Lie Algebras, and Representations: An Elementary Intro
The present book is intended as a textbook and reference work on three topics in the title. Together with a volume in progress on "Groups and Geometric Analysis" it supersedes my "Differential Geometry and Symmetric Spaces," published in 1962. Since that time several branches of the subject, particu
The present book is intended as a textbook and reference work on three topics in the title. Together with a volume in progress on "Groups and Geometric Analysis" it supersedes my "Differential Geometry and Symmetric Spaces," published in 1962. Since that time several branches of the subject, particu