Exceptional Lie Algebras (Lecture Notes in Pure and Applied Mathematics Series : Vol 1)

By Nathan Jacobson

Book Overview

This volume presents a set of models for the exceptional Lie algebras over algebraically closed fieldsof characteristic O and over the field of real numbers. The models given are based on the algebras ofCayley numbers (octonions) and on exceptional Jordan algebras. They are also valid forcharacteristics p * 2. The book also provides an introduction to the problem of forms of exceptionalsimple Lie algebras, especially the exceptional D4 's, 6 's, and 7 's. These are studied by means ofconcrete realizations of the automorphism groups.Exceptional Lie Algebras is a useful tool for the mathematical public in general-especially thoseinterested in the classification of Lie algebras or groups-and for theoretical physicists.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0824713265
• ISBN13: 9780824713263
• Release Date: June 1971
• Publisher: CRC Press
• Length: 136 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.9" x 9.9"