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Cover: 9780387989631 | Emergence of the Theory of Lie Groups | Thomas Hawkins | Buch | XIII

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Beschreibung

This book is both more and less than a history of the theory of Lie groups during the period 1869-1926. No attempt has been made to provide an exhaustive treatment of all aspects of the theory. Instead, I have focused upon its origins and upon the subsequent development of its structural as pects, particularly the structure and representation of semisimple groups. In dealing with this more limited subject matter, considerable emphasis has been placed upon the motivation behind the mathematics. This has meant paying close attention to the historical context: the mathematical or physical considerations that motivate or inform the work of a particular mathematician as well as the disciplinary ideals of a mathematical school that encourage research in certain directions. As a result, readers will ob tain in the ensuing pages glimpses of and, I hope, the flavor of many areas of nineteenth and early twentieth century geometry, algebra, and analysis. They will also encounter many of the mathematicians of the period, includ ing quite a few not directly connected with Lie groups, and will become acquainted with some of the major mathematical schools. In this sense, the book is more than a history of the theory of Lie groups. It provides a different perspective on the history of mathematics between, roughly, 1869 and 1926. Hence the subtitle.

Zusammenfassung

Lie groups and Lie algebras arose in the study of the mathematical properties of rotations. The ideas were originally developed by the Norwegian mathematician Sophus Lie (1849-1899), and they play an important role in the development of 20th century mathematics and mathematical physics. This book focuses on the origins and subsequent development of the structure of the theory, particularly the structure and representations of semisimple groups, with particular emphasis on the motivation behind the mathematics. It should thus be useful not only to historians of mathematics and to mathematicians interested in the history of their field, but also to students.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

I: Sophus Lie.- 1. The Geometrical Origins of Lie's Theory.- 2. Jacobi and the Analytical Origins of Lie's Theory.- 3. Lie's Theory of Transformation Groups 1874-1893..- II: Wilhelm Killing.- 4. The Background to Killing's Work on Lie Algebras.- >Chapter 5. Killing and the Structure of Lie Algebrass.- III: Élie Cartan.- 6. The Doctoral Thesis of Élie Cartan.- 7. Lie's School & Linear Representations.- 8. Cartan's Trilogy: 1913-14.- IV: Hermann Weyl.- 9. The Göttingen School of Hilbert.- 10. The Berlin Algebraists: Frobenius & Schur.- 11. From Relativity to Representations.- 12. Weyl's Great Papers of 1925 and 1926.- Afterword. Suggested Further Reading.- References. Published & Unpublished Sources.

Erscheinungsjahr:	2000
Fachbereich:	Arithmetik & Algebra
Genre:	Mathematik
Rubrik:	Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Medium:	Buch
Seiten:	584
Reihe:	Sources and Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences
Inhalt:	xiii 566 S.
ISBN-13:	9780387989631
ISBN-10:	0387989633
Sprache:	Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage:	HC runder Rücken kaschiert
Einband:	Gebunden
Autor:	Hawkins, Thomas
Auflage:	2000
Hersteller:	Springer New York Springer US, New York, N.Y. Sources and Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences
Maße:	241 x 160 x 36 mm
Von/Mit:	Thomas Hawkins
Erscheinungsdatum:	19.07.2000
Gewicht:	1,033 kg

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