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Representation theory · Graduate · Math

Topics

Finite groups

  • Definitions: representations, subrepresentations, and irreducibles
  • Maschke's theorem and complete reducibility
  • Characters and orthogonality relations
  • Induced and restricted representations
  • Burnside's theorem and applications

Lie groups and Lie algebras

  • Lie groups: examples and exponential map
  • Lie algebras: derivations, ideals, and semisimplicity
  • Representations of sl(2, C) and weight spaces
  • Root systems and Weyl group (introduction)
  • Highest weight theory for semisimple Lie algebras (overview)

Advanced topics

  • Peter–Weyl theorem (compact groups)
  • Tensor products and Clebsch–Gordan decomposition (introduction)
  • Category of representations and Schur's lemma
  • Introduction to geometric representation theory
  • Applications to symmetric functions and combinatorics

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