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18.745 Lie Groups and Lie Algebras I
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Graduate (Fall)
Prereq: (18.701 or 18.703) and (18.100A, 18.100B, 18.100P, or 18.100Q)
Units: 3-0-9
Lecture: TR1-2.30 (2-135)
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Covers fundamentals of the theory of Lie algebras and related groups. Topics may include theorems of Engel and Lie; enveloping algebra, Poincare-Birkhoff-Witt theorem; classification and construction of semisimple Lie algebras; the center of their enveloping algebras; elements of representation theory; compact Lie groups and/or finite Chevalley groups.
G. Lusztig
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