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Nilpotent orbits in semisimple Lie algebras /

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The principal aim of this book is to collect together the important results concerning the classification and properties of nilpotent orbits, beginning from the common ground of basic structure theory. The techniques used are elementary.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Collingwood, David H. (Author), McGovern, William M., 1959- (Author)
Corporate Author: Taylor & Francis
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Van Nostrand Reinhold, [1993].
Series:Mathematics series
Subjects:
MATHEMATICS / General
MATHEMATICS / Algebra / General
Lie algebras.
Orbit method.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Preliminaries
  • 2. Semisimple Orbits
  • 3. The Dynkin-Kostant Classification
  • 4. Principal, Subregular, and Minimal Nilpotent Orbits
  • 5. Nilpotent Orbits in the Classical Algebras
  • 6. Topology of Nilpotent Orbits
  • 7. Induced Nilpotent Orbits
  • 8. The Exceptional Cases and Bala-Carter Theory
  • 9. Real Nilpotent Orbits
  • 10. Advanced Topics.