The geometry of Jordan and Lie structures /

The geometry of Jordan and Lie structures tries to answer the following question: what is the integrated, or geometric, version of real Jordan algebras, - triple systems and - pairs? Lie theory shows the way one has to go: Lie groups and symmetric spaces are the geometric version of Lie algebras and...

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Main Author: Bertram, Wolfgang, 1965-
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin ; New York : Springer, [2000]
Series:Lecture notes in mathematics (Springer-Verlag) ; 1754.
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Summary:The geometry of Jordan and Lie structures tries to answer the following question: what is the integrated, or geometric, version of real Jordan algebras, - triple systems and - pairs? Lie theory shows the way one has to go: Lie groups and symmetric spaces are the geometric version of Lie algebras and Lie triple systems. It turns out that both geometries are closely related via a functor between them, called the Jordan-Lie functor, which is constructed in this book. The reader is not assumed to have any knowledge of Jordan theory; the text can serve as a self-contained introduction to (real finite-dimensional) Jordan theory.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xvi, 265 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages [256]-262) and indexes.
ISBN:9783540444589 (electronic bk.)
3540444580 (electronic bk.)
ISSN:0075-8434 ;