Lie Algebras
by Shlomo Sternberg
2004
Number of pages: 198
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The Campbell Baker Hausdorff formula, sl(2) and its representations, classical simple algebras, Engel-Lie-Cartan-Weyl, conjugacy of Cartan subalgebras, simple finite dimensional algebras, cyclic highest weight modules, Serre’s theorem, Clifford algebras and spin representations, Kostant Dirac operator, the center of U(g).
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