Lecture material for Group Theory II

  1. Definition of a matrix Lie group, examples
  2. Topological properties of matrix Lie groups: compactness, connectedness, simple connectedness, examples
  3. The connected component of a matrix Lie group
  4. Holomorphic functions of a matrix - definition and properties
  5. The exponential function, Lie-Trotter formula
  6. Properties of the matrix logarithm and exponential function, the problem of uniqueness of the square root of a matrix
  7. One-parameter subgroups in \(\mathrm{GL}(n,\mathbb{C})\) - automatic smoothness
  8. Positive matrices and polar decomposition of an invertible matrix, special cases
  9. Lie algebras, examples, elementary properties, subalgebras, ideals, the center, direct sum
  10. Homomorphisms of Lie algebras, the adjoint representation
  11. Complexification of areal Lie algebra - examples
  12. Simple, solvable and nilpotent Lie algebras - examples
  13. The Lie algebra of a matrix Lie group
  14. Lie algebra homomorphism associated to a homomorphism of matrix Lie groups
  15. The formula \(\mathrm{Ad}_{\mathrm{e}^X}=\mathrm{e}^{\mathrm{ad}_X}\)
  16. The exponential mapping - local invertibility
  17. Corollaries: matrix Lie groups are manifolds, the Lie algebra of a matrix Lie group is its tangent space at the unit
  18. The range of the exponential map, generation of the connected component of the unit, Lie group homomorphisms from a connected Lie group and Lie algebra homomorphisms
  19. Exponential coordinates and automatic smoothness of a Lie group homomorphism
  20. The Heisenberg group and the passage from a Lie algebra homomorphis to a Lie group homomorphism
  21. The derivative of the exponential map
  22. The Baker-Campbell-Hausdorff formula
  23. Local Lie group homomorphisms, passage from a Lie algebra homomorphism to a local Lie group homomorphism
  24. Extension of a local homomorphism from \(G\) to \(H\) to a global homomorphism \(G\to H\) for simply connected \(G\)
  25. Lie subalgebras and analytic subgroups
  26. Representations of Lie groups and associated representations of Lie algebras, intertwining operators, equivalence, irreducibility for representations of Lie algebras
  27. Representations of \(\mathfrak{su}(2)\) and \(\mathfrak{sl}(2,\mathbb{C})\)
  28. Direct sums and tenmsor products of representations of Lie groups and algebras
  29. Complete reducibility of representations, Schur's lemma
  30. Universal covers, examples
  31. The Lie algebra \(\mathfrak{sl}(3,\mathbb{C})\)
  32. Weights, weight vectors, roots of the algebra \(\mathfrak{sl}(3,\mathbb{C})\)
  33. Simple roots and order on the set of weights
  34. Cyclic representations with a highest weight - irreducibility
  35. Classification of representations of \(\mathfrak{sl}(3,\mathbb{C})\)

Lecture notes

Recommended literature

  1. Barry Simon – Representations of finite and compact groups
  2. Andrzej Trautman – Grupy oraz ich reprezentacje