66734 - Further topics in geometry

Academic Year 2012/2013

  • Docente: Rita Fioresi
  • Credits: 6
  • SSD: MAT/03
  • Language: Italian
  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
  • Campus: Bologna
  • Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Mathematics (cod. 8208)

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course the student has a high knowledge in geometry both in the algebraic and the differential setting and is able to use it in research both in algebra and geometry.

Course contents

Lie groups, Lie algebras and an introduction to their representation theory.

Readings/Bibliography

V. S. Varadarajan "Lie groups, Lie algebras and their representation theory"
F. Warner "Foundations of differentiable manifolds and Lie groups"

Assessment methods

There is an oral exam

Office hours

See the website of Rita Fioresi