Developments and trends in infinite-dimensional lie theory

This collection of invited expository articles focuses on recent developmentsand trends in infinite-dimensional Lie theory, which has become one of the core areas of modern mathematics. The book is divided into three parts: infinite-dimensional Lie (super-)algebras, geometry of infinite-dimensional Lie (transformation) groups, and representation theory of infinite-dimensional Lie groups. Part (A) is mainly concerned with the structure and representation theory of infinite-dimensional Lie algebras and contains articles on the structure of direct-limit Lie algebras, extended affine Lie algebras and loop algebras, as well as representations of loop algebras and Kac–Moody superalgebras. The articles in Part (B) examine connections between infinite-dimensional Lie theory and geometry. The topics range from infinite-dimensional groups acting on fiberbundles, corresponding characteristic classes and gerbes, to Jordan-theoreticgeometries and new results on direct-limit groups. The analytic representation theory of infinite-dimensional Lie groups is still very much underdeveloped.The articles in Part (C) develop new, promising methods based on heat kernels, multiplicity freeness, Banach–Lie–Poisson spaces, and infinite-dimensional generalizations of reductive Lie groups. Contributors: B. Allison, D. Belti??, W. Bertram, J. Faulkner, Ph. Gille, H. Glöckner, K.-H. Neeb, E. Neher, I. Penkov, A. Pianzola, D. Pickrell, T.S. Ratiu, N.R. Scheithauer, C. Schweigert, V. Serganova, K. Styrkas, K. Waldorf, and J.A. Wolf. Invited papers written by distinguished researchers Expository essays focus on recent developments and trends in infinite-dimensional Lie theory Discusses new methods, structures, and representations of infinite-dimensional Lie groups INDICE: Preface.- Part A: Infinite-Dimensional Lie (Super-)Algebras.- Isotopy for Extended Affine Lie Algebras and Lie Tori.- Remarks on the Isotriviality of Multiloop Algebras.- Extended Affine Lie Algebras and Other Generalizations of Affine Lie Algebras – A Survey.- Tensor Representations of Classical Locally Finite Lie Algebras.- Lie Algebras, Vertex Algebras, and Automorphic Forms.- Kac–Moody Superalgebras and Integrability.- Part B: Geometry of Infinite-Dimensional Lie (Transformation) Groups.- Jordan Structures and Non-Associative Geometry.- Direct Limits of Infinite-Dimensional Lie Groups.- Lie Groups of Bundle Automorphisms and Their Extensions.- Gerbes and Lie Groups.- Part C: Representation Theory of Infinite-Dimensional Lie Groups Functional Analytic Background for a Theory of Infinite- Dimensional Reductive Lie Groups.- Heat Kernel Measures and Critical Limits.- Coadjoint Orbits and the Beginnings of a Geometric Representation Theory.- Infinite-Dimensional Multiplicity-Free Spaces I: Limits of Compact Commutative Spaces.- Index.

• ISBN: 978-0-8176-4740-7
• Editorial: Birkhaüser
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 492
• Fecha Publicación: 29/10/2010
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés