20411075 - AL450 - THEORY OF REPRESENTATIONS

To provide students with the fundamental tools of representation theory, with particular emphasis on the representation theory of groups and characters.

Curriculum

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Mutuazione: 20411075 AL450 - TEORIA DELLE RAPPRESENTAZIONI in Matematica LM-40 R TURCHET AMOS

Programme

Review of algebra, multilinear algebra, and Lie algebras.
Basic results in representation theory: the Jordan–Hölder and Krull–Schmidt theorems.
Representations of finite groups and character theory.

Core Documentation

J.-P. Serre, Linear Representations of Finite Groups, Springer-Verlag, 1997.

Reference Bibliography

C. Curtis and I. Reiner, Representation Theory of Finite Groups and Associative Algebras, Amer. Math. Soc., 2006. W. Fulton and J. Harris, Representation Theory, A First Course, Springer, 1991. C. Procesi, Lie Groups: An Approach through Invariants and Representations, Springer 2007.

Type of evaluation

oral exam divided in two parts: seminar on a topic discussed with the teach and questions on a list of theorems/definitions defined in advance

teacher profile | teaching materials

Mutuazione: 20411075 AL450 - TEORIA DELLE RAPPRESENTAZIONI in Matematica LM-40 R TURCHET AMOS

Programme

Review of algebra, multilinear algebra, and Lie algebras.
Basic results in representation theory: the Jordan–Hölder and Krull–Schmidt theorems.
Representations of finite groups and character theory.

Core Documentation

J.-P. Serre, Linear Representations of Finite Groups, Springer-Verlag, 1997.

Reference Bibliography

C. Curtis and I. Reiner, Representation Theory of Finite Groups and Associative Algebras, Amer. Math. Soc., 2006. W. Fulton and J. Harris, Representation Theory, A First Course, Springer, 1991. C. Procesi, Lie Groups: An Approach through Invariants and Representations, Springer 2007.

Type of evaluation

oral exam divided in two parts: seminar on a topic discussed with the teach and questions on a list of theorems/definitions defined in advance