TY - BOOK ID - 4803861 TI - Naive Lie Theory PY - 2008 SN - 9780387782157 0387782141 9780387782140 144192681X 9786611954253 128195425X 038778215X PB - New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Mathematics. KW - Topological Groups, Lie Groups. KW - Topological Groups. KW - Mathématiques KW - Lie algebras. KW - Lie groups. KW - Lie algebras KW - Lie groups KW - Algebra KW - Mathematics KW - Physical Sciences & Mathematics KW - Groups, Lie KW - Algebras, Lie KW - Topological groups. KW - Symmetric spaces KW - Topological groups KW - Algebra, Abstract KW - Algebras, Linear KW - Groups, Topological KW - Continuous groups UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:4803861 AB - In this new textbook, acclaimed author John Stillwell presents a lucid introduction to Lie theory suitable for junior and senior level undergraduates. In order to achieve this, he focuses on the so-called "classical groups'' that capture the symmetries of real, complex, and quaternion spaces. These symmetry groups may be represented by matrices, which allows them to be studied by elementary methods from calculus and linear algebra. This naive approach to Lie theory is originally due to von Neumann, and it is now possible to streamline it by using standard results of undergraduate mathematics. To compensate for the limitations of the naive approach, end of chapter discussions introduce important results beyond those proved in the book, as part of an informal sketch of Lie theory and its history. John Stillwell is Professor of Mathematics at the University of San Francisco. He is the author of several highly regarded books published by Springer, including The Four Pillars of Geometry (2005), Elements of Number Theory (2003), Mathematics and Its History (Second Edition, 2002), Numbers and Geometry (1998) and Elements of Algebra (1994). ER -