Designed for non-mathematicians, physics students as well for example, who want to learn about this important area of mathematics

Well organized and touches upon the main subjects, which offer a deeper understanding of the orbit structure of an algebraic group

Painless presentation places the subject within reasonable reach for mathematics and physics student at the graduate level

Designed for non-mathematicians, physics students as well for example, who want to learn about this important area of mathematics Well organized and touches upon the main subjects, which offer a deeper understanding of the orbit structure of an algebraic group Painless presentation places the subject within reasonable reach for mathematics and physics student at the graduate level

Autorentext
Nolan R. Wallach is professor of mathematics at the University of California, San Diego. Awards include the Alfred Sloan Fellowship 1972-1974, the Linback Award for Research Excellence, 1977, Honorary Professor, University of Cordoba, Argentina, 1989, and Elected Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2004. Professor Wallach has over 135 publications including (with Roe Goodman) Symmetry, Representations, and Invariants (Graduate Texts in Mathematics, vol. 255).

Inhalt
Preface.- Part I. Background Theory.- 1. Algebraic Geometry.- 2. Lie Groups and Algebraic Groups.- Part II. Geometric Invariant Theory.- 3. The Affine Theory.- 4. Weight Theory in Geometric Invariant Theory.- 5. Classical and Geometric Invariant Theory for Products of Classical Groups.- References.- Index.