Its first part, which is written by Onishchik and Vinberg, is an introduction to the theory of Lie groups and Lie algebras. The second more advanced part by Gorbatsevich and Onishchik deals with Lie transformation groups and covers the work of the last decades including the most recent research results. The book is written for graduate students and researchers in mathematics and theoretical physics.

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From the reviews: "..., the book must be of great help for a researcher who already has some idea of Lie theory, wants to employ it in his everyday research and/or teaching, and needs a source for customary reference on the subject. From my viewpoint, the volume is perfectly fit to serve as such a source, ... On the whole, it is quite a pleasure, after making yourself comfortable in that favourite office armchair of yours, just to keep the volume gently in your hands and browse it slowly and thoughtfully; and after all, what more on Earth can one expect of any book?" --The New Zealand Mathematical Society Newsletter

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I.Foundations of Lie Theory.- 1. Basic Notions.- 1. Lie Groups, Subgroups and Homomorphisms.- 1.1 Definition of a Lie Group.- 1.2 Lie Subgroups.- 1.3 Homomorphisms of Lie Groups.- 1.4 Linear Representations of Lie Groups.- 1.5 Local Lie Groups.- 2. Actions of Lie Groups.- 2.1 Definition of an Action.- 2.2 Orbits and Stabilizers.- 2.3 Images and Kernels of Homomorphisms.- 2.4 Orbits of Compact Lie Groups.- 3. Coset Manifolds and Quotients of Lie Groups.- 3.1 Coset Manifolds.- 3.2 Lie Quotient Groups.- 3.3 The Transitive Action Theorem and the Epimorphism Theorem.- 3.4 The Pre-image of a Lie Group Under a Homomorphism.- 3.5 Semidirect Products of Lie Groups.- 4. Connectedness and Simply-connectedness of Lie Groups.- 4.1 Connected Components of a Lie Group.- 4.2 Investigation of Connectedness of the Classical Lie Groups.- 4.3 Covering Homomorphisms.- 4.4 The Universal Covering Lie Group.- 4.5 Investigation of Simply-connectedness of the Classical Lie Groups.- 2. The Relation Between Lie Groups and Lie Algebras.- 1. The Lie Functor.- 1.1 The Tangent Algebra of a Lie Group.- 1.2 Vector Fields on a Lie Group.- 1.3 The Differential of a Homomorphism of Lie Groups.- 1.4 The Differential of an Action of a Lie Group.- 1.5 The Tangent Algebra of a Stabilizer.- 1.6 The Adjoint Representation.- 2. Integration of Homomorphisms of Lie Algebras.- 2.1 The Differential Equation of a Path in a Lie Group.- 2.2 The Uniqueness Theorem.- 2.3 Virtual Lie Subgroups.- 2.4 The Correspondence Between Lie Subgroups of a Lie Group and Subalgebras of Its Tangent Algebra.- 2.5 Deformations of Paths in Lie Groups.- 2.6 The Existence Theorem.- 2.7 Abelian Lie Groups.- 3. The Exponential Map.- 3.1 One-Parameter Subgroups.- 3.2 Definition and Basic Properties of the Exponential Map.- 3.3 The Differential of the Exponential Map.- 3.4 The Exponential Map in the Full Linear Group.- 3.5 Cartan's Theorem.- 3.6 The Subgroup of Fixed Points of an Automorphism of a Lie Group.- 4. Automorphisms and Derivations.- 4.1 The Group of Automorphisms.- 4.2 The Algebra of Derivations.- 4.3 The Tangent Algebra of a Semi-Direct Product of Lie Groups.- 5. The Commutator Subgroup and the Radical.- 5.1 The Commutator Subgroup.- 5.2 The Maltsev Closure.- 5.3 The Structure of Virtual Lie Subgroups.- 5.4 Mutual Commutator Subgroups.- 5.5 Solvable Lie Groups.- 5.6 The Radical.- 5.7 Nilpotent Lie Groups.- 3. The Universal Enveloping Algebra.- 1. The Simplest Properties of Universal Enveloping Algebras.- 1.1 Definition and Construction.- 1.2 The Poincaré-Birkhoff-Witt Theorem.- 1.3 Symmetrization.- 1.4 The Center of the Universal Enveloping Algebra.- 1.5 The Skew-Field of Fractions of the Universal Enveloping Algebra.- 2. Bialgebras Associated with Lie Algebras and Lie Groups.- 2.1 Bialgebras.- 2.2 Right Invariant Differential Operators on a Lie Group.- 2.3 Bialgebras Associated with a Lie Group.- 3. The Campbell-Hausdorff Formula.- 3.1 Free Lie Algebras.- 3.2 The Campbell-Hausdorff Series.- 3.3 Convergence of the Campbell-Hausdorff Series.- 4. Generalizations of Lie Groups.- 1. Lie Groups over Complete Valued Fields.- 1.1 Valued Fields.- 1.2 Basic Definitions and Examples.- 1.3 Actions of Lie Groups.- 1.4 Standard Lie Groups over a Non-archimedean Field.- 1.5 Tangent Algebras of Lie Groups.- 2. Formal Groups.- 2.1 Definition and Simplest Properties.- 2.2 The Tangent Algebra of a Formal Group.- 2.3 The Bialgebra Associated with a Formal Group.- 3. Infinite-Dimensional Lie Groups.- 3.1 Banach Lie Groups.- 3.2 The Correspondence Between Banach Lie Groups and Banach Lie Algebras.- 3.3 Actions of Banach Lie Groups on Finite-Dimensional Manifolds.- 3.4 Lie-Fréchet Groups.- 3.5 ILB- and ILH-Lie Groups.- 4. Lie Groups and Topological Groups.- 4.1 Continuous Homomorphisms of Lie Groups.- 4.2 Hilbert's 5-th Problem.- 5. Analytic Loops.- 5.1 Basic Definitions and Examples.- 5.2 The Tangent Algebra of an Analytic Loop.- 5.3 The Tangent Algebra of a Diassociative Loop.- 5.4 The Tangent Algebra of a Bol Loop.- References.- II. Lie Transformation Groups.- 1. Lie Group Actions on Manifolds.- 1. Introductory Concepts.- 1.1 Basic Definitions.- 1.2 Some Examples and Special Cases.- 1.3 Local Actions.- 1.4 Orbits and Stabilizers.- 1.5 Representation in the Space of Functions.- 2. Infinitesimal Study of Actions.- 2.1 Flows and Vector Fields.- 2.2 Infinitesimal Description of Actions and Morphisms.- 2.3 Existence Theorems.- 2.4 Groups of Automorphisms of Certain Geometric Structures.- 3. Fibre Bundles.- 3.1 Fibre Bundles with a Structure Group.- 3.2 Examples of Fibre Bundles.- 3.3 G-bundles.- 3.4 Induced Bundles and the Classification Theorem.- 2. Transitive Actions.- 1. Group Models.- 1.1 Definitions and Examples.- 1.2 Basic Problems.- 1.3 The Group of Automorphisms.- 1.4 Primitive Actions.- 2. Some Facts Concerning Topology of Homogeneous Spaces.- 2.1 Covering Spaces.- 2.2 Real Cohomology of Lie Groups.- 2.3 Subgroups with Maximal Exponent in Simple Lie Groups.- 2.4 Some Homotopy Invariants of Homogeneous Spaces.- 3. Homogeneous Bundles.- 3.1 Invariant Sections and Classification of Homogeneous Bundles.- 3.2 Homogeneous Vector Bundles. The Frobenius Duality.- 3.3 The Linear Isotropy Representation and Invariant Vector Fields.- 3.4 Invariant. A-structures.- 3.5 Invariant Integration.- 3.6 Karpelevich-Mostow Bundles.- 4. Inclusions Among Transitive Actions.- 4.1 Reductions of Transitive Actions and Factorization of Groups.- 4.2 The Natural Enlargement of an Action.- 4.3 Some Inclusions Among Transitive Actions on Spheres.- 4.4 Factorizations of Lie Groups and Lie Algebras.- 4.5 Factorizations of Compact Lie Groups.- 4.6 Compact Enlargements of Transitive Actions of Simple Lie Groups.- 4.7 Groups of Isometries of Riemannian Homogeneous Spaces of Simple Compact Lie Groups.- 4.8 Groups of Automorphisms of Simply Connected Homogeneous Compact Complex Manifolds.- 3. Actions of Compact Lie Groups.- 1. The General Theory of Compact Lie Transformation Groups.- 1.1 Proper Actions.- 1.2 Existence of Slices.- 1.3 Two Fiberings of an Equi-orbital G-space.- 1.4 Principal Orbits.- 1.5 Orbit Structure.- 1.6 Linearization of Actions.- 1.7 Lifting of Actions.- 2. Invariants and Almost-Invariants.- 2.1 Applications of Invariant Integration.- 2.2 Finiteness Theorems for Invariants.- 2.3 Finiteness Theorems for Almost Invariants.- 3. Applications to Homogeneous Spaces of Reductive Groups.- 3.1 Complexification of Homogeneous Spaces.- 3.2 Factorization of Reductive Algebraic Groups and Lie Algebras.- 4. Homogeneous Spaces of Nilpotent and Solvable Groups.- 1. Nilmanifolds.- 1.1 Examples of Nilmanifolds.- 1.2 Topology of Arbitrary Nilmanifolds.- 1.3 Structure of Compact Nilmanifolds.- 1.4 Compact Nilmanifolds as Towers of Principal Bundles with Fibre T1.- 2. Solvmanifolds.- 2.1 Examples of Solvmanifolds.- 2.2 Solvmanifolds and Vector Bundles.- 2.3 Compact Solvmanifolds (The Structure Theorem).- 2.4 …