The Construction and Study of Certain Important Algebras
by Claude Chevalley
Publisher: The Mathematical Society Of Japan 1955
ISBN/ASIN: 1295511673
Number of pages: 80
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This is the reproduction of the beautiful lectures delivered by Professor C. Chevalley at the University of Tokyo in April-June 1954. Contents: Graded algebras; Tensor algebras; Clifford algebras; Some applications of exterior algebras.
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