Matrix Groups for Undergraduates (Student Mathematical Library) - Softcover

Tapp, Kristopher

 
9781470427221: Matrix Groups for Undergraduates (Student Mathematical Library)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1470427222 ISBN 13: 9781470427221
Publisher: American Mathematical Society, 2016

Synopsis

Matrix groups touch an enormous spectrum of the mathematical arena. This textbook brings them into the undergraduate curriculum. It makes an excellent one-semester course for students familiar with linear and abstract algebra and prepares them for a graduate course on Lie groups.

Matrix Groups for Undergraduates is concrete and example-driven, with geometric motivation and rigorous proofs. The story begins and ends with the rotations of a globe. In between, the author combines rigor and intuition to describe the basic objects of Lie theory: Lie algebras, matrix exponentiation, Lie brackets, maximal tori, homogeneous spaces, and roots.

This second edition includes two new chapters that allow for an easier transition to the general theory of Lie groups.

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About the Author

Kristopher Tapp, Saint Joseph's University, Philadelphia, PA, USA.

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Publisher
American Mathematical Society
Publication date
2016
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1470427222
ISBN 13 
9781470427221
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
2
Number of pages
239

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