Download or read book Lectures on Lie Groups and Lie Algebras written by Roger W. Carter and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1995-08-17 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three of the leading figures in the field have composed this excellent introduction to the theory of Lie groups and Lie algebras. Together these lectures provide an elementary account of the theory that is unsurpassed. In the first part, Roger Carter concentrates on Lie algebras and root systems. In the second Graeme Segal discusses Lie groups. And in the final part, Ian Macdonald gives an introduction to special linear groups. Graduate students requiring an introduction to the theory of Lie groups and their applications should look no further than this book.