LIE ALGEBRAS: THEORY AND ALGORITHMS by W. A. De Graaf ( 9780444501165 )

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Title:

LIE ALGEBRAS: THEORY AND ALGORITHMS

Volume:

Volume 56

By:

W. A. De Graaf

Format:

Hardback

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ISBN 10:

0444501169

ISBN 13:

9780444501165

Publisher:

ELSEVIER SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Pub. date:

1 February, 2000

Series:

North-Holland Mathematical Library

Pages:

408

Description:

Aims to give an account of the algorithms for calculating with finite-dimensional Lie algebras; and to provide an introduction into the theory of finite-dimensional Lie algebras.

Synopsis:

The aim of the present work is two-fold. Firstly it aims at a giving an account of many existing algorithms for calculating with finite-dimensional Lie algebras. Secondly, the book provides an introduction into the theory of finite-dimensional Lie algebras. These two subject areas are intimately related. First of all, the algorithmic perspective often invites a different approach to the theoretical material than the one taken in various other monographs (e.g., [42], [48], [77], [86]). Indeed, on various occasions the knowledge of certain algorithms allows us to obtain a straightforward proof of theoretical results (we mention the proof of the Poincare-Birkhoff-Witt theorem and the proof of Iwasawa's theorem as examples). Also proofs that contain algorithmic constructions are explicitly formulated as algorithms (an example is the isomorphism theorem for semisimple Lie algebras that constructs an isomorphism in case it exists). Secondly, the algorithms can be used to arrive at a better understanding of the theory. Performing the algorithms in concrete examples, calculating with the concepts involved, really brings the theory of life.

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North-Holland

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