AIS - Lie Groups and Lie Algebras (2023)

Speakers and Syllabus


 

Name of the Speakers with their affiliation.

No. of Lectures

Detailed Syllabus

Ved Datar
Dept. of Maths.
IISc, Bangalore

6

Review of multivariable calculus including the inverse function theorem, smooth manifolds with examples, smooth functions, partition of unity, tangent spaces and the tangent bundle, vector fields and flows.

Vamsi Pritham Pingali
Dept. of Maths.
IISc, Bangalore

6

Lie groups with examples (and motivation), left invariant vector fields and the Lie bracket, one parameter subgroups and the exponential map, Baker-Campbell-Hausdorff formula, Closed Subgroup Theorem.

Subhojoy Gupta
Dept. of Maths.
IISc, Bangalore

6

Frobenius theorem and its proof, with commuting flows as a special case; correspondence between Lie subgroups and Lie subalgebras, correspondence between simply-connected Lie groups and finite-dimensional Lie algebras.

Apoorva Khare
Dept. of Maths.
IISc, Bangalore

6

Structure of semisimple Lie algebras: theorems of Engel and Lie (for nilpotent and solvable Lie algebras), Cartan’s criterion and the Killing form, Weyl’s theorem of complete reducibility, sl(2)-theory, toral subalgebras, root spaces.

R. Venkatesh
Dept. of Maths.
IISc, Bangalore

6

Root systems, simple bases, classification via Dynkin diagrams, root and weight lattices, isomorphism and existence theorems for semisimple Lie algebras. Theorems of Ado and Levi.

Muna Naik
Dept. of Maths.
HRI, Prayagraj

6 Compact Lie groups, Lie algebras, representations, weights of representations, Weyl group, highest weight theorem for compact semisimple Lie groups.

References:

  1. V. S. Varadarajan, Lie groups, Lie algebras and their representations, Sringer 1984.
  2. Brian Hall, Lie groups, Lie algebras and representations, Springer 2003.
  3. Barry Simon, Representations of finite and compact groups, AMS 1996.
  4. A. W. Knapp, Representation theory of semismiple Lie groups. An overview based on examples, Princeton university press 2002.
  5. S. Kumaresan S, A course in differential geometry and Lie groups, Texts and Readings in Mathematics, 22. Hindustan Book Agency, New Delhi, 2002.
  6. F. Warner, Foundations of differentiable manifolds and Lie groups, Graduate Texts in Mathematics, 94. Springer-Verlag, New York-Berlin, 1983.
  7. J. E. Humphreys, Introduction to Lie algebras and Representation theory, Springer-Verlag, 1972.
  8. J.-P. Serre, Complex Semisimple Lie Algebras, Springer, 2001.
  9. W. Fulton, and J. Harris, Representation theory, Springer-Verlag. 1991.
  10. Roger Carter, Lie Algebras of Finite and Affine Type, Cambridge University Press, 2010.

Time Table

Time-Table
(with initials of speakers and course associates for entire days of the programme)

Day

Date

Lec 1

9.30
to
11.00

Tea

11.00
to
11.30

Lec 2

11.30
to
1.00

Lunch

1.00
to
2.30

Tut 1

2.30
to
3.30

Tea

3.30
to
4.00

Tut 2

4.00
to
5.00

Snacks

5.00
to
5.30

 

 

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Mon

19/06/ 2023

VD

Tea

AK

Lunch

VD+IH+SK

Tea

RV+IH+SK

Snacks

Tues

20/06/ 2023

VD

Tea

AK

Lunch

VD+IH+SK

Tea

RV+IH+SK

Snacks

Wed

21/06/ 2023

VD

Tea

AK

Lunch

VD+IH+SK

Tea

RV+IH+SK

Snacks

Thu

22/06/ 2023

VD

Tea

AK

Lunch

VD+IH+SK

Tea

RV+IH+SK

Snacks

Fri

23/06/ 2023

VD

Tea

AK

Lunch

VD+IH+SK

Tea

RV+IH+SK

Snacks

Sat

24/06/ 2023

VD

Tea

AK

Lunch

VD+IH+SK

Tea

RV+IH+SK

Snacks

SUNDAY : OFF

Mon

26/06/ 2023

VP

Tea

RV

Lunch

VP+IH+SK

Tea

RV+IH+SK

Snacks

Tues

27/06/ 2023

VP

Tea

RV

Lunch

VP+IH+SK

Tea

RV+IH+SK

Snacks

Wed

28/06/ 2023

VP

Tea

RV

Lunch

VP+IH+SK

Tea

RV+IH+SK

Snacks

Thu

29/06/ 2023

VP

Tea

RV

Lunch

VP+IH+SK

Tea

RV+IH+SK

Snacks

Fri

30/06/ 2023

VP

Tea

RV

Lunch

VP+IH+SK

Tea

RV+IH+SK

Snacks

Sat

01/07/ 2023

VP

Tea

RV

Lunch

VP+IH+SK

Tea

RV+IH+SK

Snacks

SUNDAY : OFF

Mon

03/07/ 2023

SG

Tea

MN

Lunch

SG+IH+SK

Tea

MN+IH+SK

Snacks

Tues

04/07/ 2023

SG

Tea

MN

Lunch

SG+IH+SK

Tea

MN+IH+SK

Snacks

Wed

05/07/ 2023

SG

Tea

MN

Lunch

SG+IH+SK

Tea

MN+IH+SK

Snacks

Thu

06/07/ 2023

SG

Tea

MN

Lunch

SG+IH+SK

Tea

MN+IH+SK

Snacks

Fri

07/07/ 2023

SG

Tea

MN

Lunch

SG+IH+SK

Tea

MN+IH+SK

Snacks

Sat

08/07/ 2023

SG

Tea

MN

Lunch

SG+IH+SK

Tea

MN+IH+SK

Snacks

SG: Subhojoy Gupta, VP: Vamsi Pritham Pingali, VD: Ved Datar, MN: Muna Naik, RV: R. Venkatesh, AK: Apoorva Khare, IH: Irfan MD Habib, SK: Sathish Kumar 

List of Speaker and Tutors:

S. No.

Name

Affiliation

1

Subhojoy Gupta (SG)

Mathematics, IISc Bangalore

2

Vamsi Pritham Pingali (VP)

Mathematics, IISc Bangalore

3

Ved Datar (VD)

Mathematics, IISc Bangalore

4

Muna Naik (MN)

Mathematics, IHRI Prayagraj

5

R. Venkatesh (RV)

Mathematics, IISc Bangalore

6

Apoorva Khare (AK)

Mathematics, IISc Bangalore

7

Irfan Md. Habib (IH)

Mathematics, IISc Bangalore

8

V. Sathish Kumar (SK)

Mathematics, IMSc Chennai

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