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This volume consists of expository and research articles that highlight the various Lie algebraic methods used in mathematical research today. Key topics discussed include spherical varieties, Littelmann Paths and Kac-Moody Lie algebras, modular representations, primitive ideals, representation theory of Artin algebras and quivers, Kac-Moody superalgebras, categories of Harish-Chandra modules, cohomological methods, and cluster algebras.
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Preface.- Part I: The Courses.- 1 Spherical Varieties.- 2 Consequences of the Littelmann Path Model for the Structure of the Kashiwara B( ) Crystal.- 3 Structure and Representation Theory of Kac-Moody Superalgebras.- 4 Categories of Harish-Chandra Modules.- 5 Generalized Harish-Chandra Modules.- Part II: The Papers.- 6 B-Orbits of 2-Nilpotent Matrices.- 7 The Weyl Denominator Identity for Finite-Dimensional Lie Superalgebras.- 8 Hopf Algebras and Frobenius Algebras in Finite Tensor Categories.- 9 Mutation Classes of 3 x 3 Generalized Cartan Matrices.- 10 Contractions and Polynomial Lie Algebras.
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This volume consists of expository and research articles that highlight the various Lie algebraic methods used in mathematical research today. Key topics discussed include spherical varieties, Littelmann Paths and Kac–Moody Lie algebras, modular representations, primitive ideals, representation theory of Artin algebras and quivers, Kac–Moody superalgebras, categories of Harish–Chandra modules, cohomological methods, and cluster algebras.
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“... bietet mit den Kursausarbeitungen eine gute Einstiegsmöglichkeit für interessierte Leser, die die algebraische Lie Theorie besser kennenlernen wollen.” (D. BURDE, in: Monatshefte für Mathematik, Januar/2013, Vol. 169, Issue 1, S. 122 f.)
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Aus den Rezensionen:
"... bietet mit den Kursausarbeitungen eine gute Einstiegsmöglichkeit für interessierte Leser, die die algebraische Lie Theorie besser kennenlernen wollen." (D. BURDE, in: Monatshefte für Mathematik, Januar/2013, Vol. 169, Issue 1, S. 122 f.)
